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Stichocystis

Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae

Taxonomy
Stichocystis was named by Jaekel (1918). It is not extant. Its type is Caryocystis geometrica. It is the type genus of Stichocystidae.

It was assigned to Stichocystidae by Regnéll (1945), Beaver et al. (1967); to Caryocystitidae by Bockelie (1981); and to Rhombifera by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Stichocystis Jaekel
1945Stichocystis Regnéll
1967Stichocystis Beaver et al. p. S227
1981Stichocystis Bockelie
2002Stichocystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyCaryocystitidaJaekel 1918
familyCaryocystitidaeJaekel 1918
genusStichocystisJaekel 1918

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. †Stichocystis Jaekel 1918
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Stichocystis alutacea Jaekel 1899
Stichocystis geometrica Angelin 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:36:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:45:28
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kukruse to the top of the Oandu or 458.00000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden S. alutacea (162485)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) S. geometrica (73411 73855)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Spain (Zaragoza) S. unilineata (196922)