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Euchitonia virchowii

Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy
Euchitonia virchowii was named by Haeckel (1862). It is extant.

It was recombined as Amphirhopalum virchowii by Matsuzaki and Suzuki (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by B. Allen on 2024-02-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Euchitonia virchowii Haeckel
2014Amphirhopalum virchowii Matsuzaki and Suzuki

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusEuchitoniaEhrenberg 1860
speciesvirchowiiHaeckel 1862

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.

Euchitonia virchowii Haeckel 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Amphirhopalum virchowii (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711)