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Crucella cavata giganticava

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae

Discussion

Named by Carter.

Original description: Large cruciform test with massive deep lacuna and a short central spine on each ray tip. Rays wide, subrectangular in axial section, upper and lower surfaces planiform. Rays slightly expanded towards tips; tips rounded, not tapering. Pore frames surrounding and within central lacuna large, mostly triangular in shape with moderately large nodes at vertices; pore frames smaller towards ray tips. Lacuna occupying most the central area of test. Primary spines at ray tips short and rod-like.

Original remarks: Crucella cavata giganticava n. ssp. differs from C. cavata cavata in having much larger, more regularly shaped pore frames with stronger nodes at vertices, and primary spines are smaller. Lacuna in C. cavata giganticava n. ssp. larger than in all other subspecies.

Etymology: From Latin: giganteus, -a, -um giant, gigantic and cavus, -a, -um caved; adjective.

Taxonomy
Crucella cavata giganticava was named by Gorican et al. (2006). Its type specimen is GSC 111718 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Crucella cavata giganticava Gorican et al. p. 122 figs. Pl. CRU20

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyHagiastridaeRiedel 1971
genusCrucellaPessagno 1971
speciescavata
subspeciesgiganticava

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.

Crucella cavata giganticava Gorican et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999
Collections
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