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Entactinosphaera

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Taxonomy
Entactinosphaera was named by Foreman (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,546]. Its type is Entactinosphaera esostrongyla.

It was synonymized subjectively with Trilonche by Aitchison et al. (1999) and De Wever et al. (2001).

It was assigned to Entactiniinae by Aitchison (1993); to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Entactiniidae by Won (1997), Feng et al. (2004), Takahashi and Miyake (2014) and Noble et al. (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Entactinosphaera Foreman
1975Thecentactinia Nazarov
1989Stolbergia Kozur and Mostler
1993Entactinosphaera Aitchison
1997Entactinosphaera Won
1997Thecentactinia Won
2001Stolbergia De Wever et al. p. 182
2002Belowea Sepkoski
2002Entactinosphaera Sepkoski
2004Entactinosphaera Feng et al. p. 386
2014Entactinosphaera Takahashi and Miyake p. 291
2017Entactinosphaera Noble et al. p. 441

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEntactiniidaeRiedel 1967
genusEntactinosphaeraForeman 1963

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. †Entactinosphaera Foreman 1963
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Entactinosphaera aculeata Nazarov 1975
Entactinosphaera aenigma Nazarov 1986
Entactinosphaera assidera Nazarov 1975
Entactinosphaera aubouini Caridroit and De Wever 1986
Entactinosphaera australis Aitchison 1993
Entactinosphaera brevispinosa Sashida and Tonishi 1988
Entactinosphaera cimelia Nazarov and Ormiston 1985
Entactinosphaera crassiclathrata Nazarov and Ormiston 1985
Entactinosphaera crassispinosa Sashida and Tonishi 1985
Entactinosphaera elegans Furutani 1990
Entactinosphaera erebenna Foreman 1963
Entactinosphaera foremanae Ormiston and Lane 1976
Entactinosphaera grandis Nazarov 1975
Entactinosphaera guangxiensis Li and Wang 1991
Entactinosphaera hapala Foreman 1963
Entactinosphaera hirta Nazarov 1980
Entactinosphaera liquidambarfructa Ormiston and Lane 1976
Entactinosphaera menneri Afanasieva 1997
Entactinosphaera neocimelia Feng et al. 1998
Entactinosphaera orientalis Sashida and Tonishi 1985
Entactinosphaera paracimelia Feng and Liu 1993
Entactinosphaera pseudocimelia Sashida and Tonishi 1988
Entactinosphaera pulcherima Nazarov and Ormiston 1993
Entactinosphaera riedeli Foreman 1963
Entactinosphaera simoni Kozur and Mostler 1979
Entactinosphaera strangulata Nazarov and Ormiston 1985
Entactinosphaera triassica Kozur and Mostler 1979
Entactinosphaera unimana Nazarov 1977
Entactinosphaera zapfei Kozur and Mostler 1979
Invalid names: Belowea [synonym], Stolbergia Kozur and Mostler 1989 [synonym], Thecentactinia Nazarov 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available