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Sphaeropyle langii

Protozoa - Actinommidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeropyle langii was named by Dreyer (1889). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Sphaeropyle langii Dreyer
2014Sphaeropyle langii Matsuzaki and Suzuki

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superfamilyEthmosphaeraceaHaeckel 1862
familyActinommidaeHaeckel 1862
genusSphaeropyleDreyer 1889
specieslangiiDreyer 1889

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.

Sphaeropyle langii Dreyer 1889
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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

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Sphaeropyle langii (90839)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Sphaeropyle langii (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Sphaeropyle langii (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Sphaeropyle langii (233714)