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Kanakaia

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Keramosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Kanakaia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Keramosphaeridae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Kanakaia Loeblich and Tappan
2002Kanakaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyKeramosphaeridaeBrady 1884
genusKanakaia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Kanakaia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available