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Lithomelissa microptera

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Plagoniidae

Taxonomy
Lithomelissa microptera was named by Ehrenberg (1854). It is extant. It is the type species of Lithomelissa, Acromelissa.

It was recombined as Acromelissa microptera by Petrushevskaya (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Lithomelissa microptera Ehrenberg
1975Acromelissa microptera Petrushevskaya
1979Lithomelissa microptera Petrushevskaya and Kozlova
2009Lithomelissa microptera Suzuki

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPlagoniidaeHaeckel 1881
genusLithomelissaEhrenberg 1847
speciesmicropteraEhrenberg 1854

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.

Lithomelissa microptera Ehrenberg 1854
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available