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Tetraplecta

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Plagiacanthidae

Taxonomy
Tetraplecta was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Tetraplecta Haeckel
2001Tetraplecta De Wever et al. p. 221

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPlagiacanthidaeHertwig 1879
subfamilyPlagiacanthinaeHertwig 1879
genusTetraplectaHaeckel 1881

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. Tetraplecta Haeckel 1881
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Tetraplecta hattorii Dumitrica 2004
Tetraplecta yaoi Dumitrica 2004
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 Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan T. hattorii (130114)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan T. yaoi (51714)