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Stylocyclia

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Coccodiscidae

Taxonomy
Stylocyclia was named by Ehrenberg (1847) [Disc of the test in the median part nucleate, with a cellular margin. Lobate or radiating (stellate).]. It is extant. Its type is Stylocyclia dimidiata. It was considered monophyletic by Ehrenberg (1847).

It was assigned to Coccodiscidae by Ehrenberg (1847).

Species
S. dimidiata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Stylocyclia Ehrenberg

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyCoccodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusStylocyclia

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. Stylocyclia Ehrenberg 1847
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Stylocyclia dimidiata Ehrenberg 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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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