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Saccospyris

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Cannobotryidae

Taxonomy
Saccospyris was named by Haecker (1908). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cannobotryidae by De Wever et al. (2001), Sharma and Takahashi (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Saccospyris Haecker
2001Saccospyris De Wever et al. p. 245
2007Saccospyris Sharma and Takahashi p. 823

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyCannobotryidaeHaeckel 1881
genusSaccospyrisHaecker 1908

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. Saccospyris Haecker 1908
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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

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Southern Ocean S. praeantarctica (253173)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean S. praeantarctica (247622 247623 247624 259939)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean S. praeantarctica (247905 247909 247910 247912 247917 252128 252131 252133 252134 253172 258878)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean S. antarctica (252111) S. antarctica, S. conithorax (252110) S. conithorax (250734) S. conithorax, S. praeantarctica (250733) S. praeantarctica (247619 250723 250736 250737 250738 250739 250740)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean S. antarctica (247898 249970 250721)