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Euchitonia

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy
Euchitonia was named by Ehrenberg (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-m R]. It is extant. Its type is Euchitonia furcata.

It was assigned to Spongodiscidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Euchitonia Ehrenberg
2001Euchitonia De Wever et al. p. 158
2002Euchitonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusEuchitoniaEhrenberg 1860

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. Euchitonia Ehrenberg 1860
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Euchitonia furcata Ehrenberg 1873
Euchitonia muelleri Haeckel 1862
Euchitonia santonica Lipman 1952
Euchitonia triradiata Lipman 1960
Euchitonia virchowii Haeckel 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available