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Spongoliva

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Coccodiscidae

Taxonomy
Spongoliva was named by Haeckel (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Artiscinae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Spongoliva Haeckel
2001Spongoliva De Wever et al. p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyCoccodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
subfamilyArtiscinaeHaeckel 1881
genusSpongolivaHaeckel 1887

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. Spongoliva Haeckel 1887
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Spongoliva ellipsoides Popofsky 1912
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan S. ellipsoides (233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan S. ellipsoides (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. ellipsoides (233714)