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Lophophaenoma

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Lophophaenidae

Taxonomy
Lophophaenoma was named by Haeckel (1887). It is extant. Its type is Lophophaena radians.

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

Species
L. radians
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. witjazzi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Lophophaenoma Haeckel
2001Lophophaenoma De Wever et al. p. 226

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyLophophaenidaeHaeckel 1881
genusLophophaenomaHaeckel 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. Lophophaenoma Haeckel 1887
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Lophophaenoma radians Ehrenberg 1874
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 NN19 to the top of the NN21 or 1.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.42 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific L. witjazzi (266887 266889)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific L. witjazzi (266882 266883 266886)