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Arcellacea

Protozoa - Arcellinida

Taxonomy
Arcellacea was named by Ehrenberg (1832). It is extant.

It was assigned to Arcellinida by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Arcellacea Ehrenberg
1961Arcellacea Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
—Sarcomastigota
—Amoebozoa
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLobosaCarpenter 1861
orderArcellinidaKent 1880
superfamilyArcellaceaEhrenberg 1832
superfamilyArcellaceaEhrenberg 1832

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.

Superfm. Arcellacea Ehrenberg 1832
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Fm. Centropyxidae Jung 1942
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G. Centropyxis Stein 1857
Fm. Hyalospheniidae Schulze 1877
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G. Apodera Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Apodera vas Certes 1891
G. Certesella Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Certesella martiali Certes 1891
Invalid names: Penardiella Jung 1942 [replaced]
G. Jungia Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Jungia sundanensis van Oye 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Centropyxis aculeata (81686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Centropyxis arenatus (74987 74989)