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Stigmosphaerostylus pusilla

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Taxonomy
Staurosphaera pusilla was named by Hinde (1899). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Staurosphaera.

It was recombined as Stigmosphaerostylus pusilla by Wang et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Staurosphaera pusilla Hinde p. 46 figs. pl. 8, fig. 12
2003Stigmosphaerostylus pusilla Wang et al. p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEntactiniidaeRiedel 1967
genusStigmosphaerostylusRüst 1892
speciespusilla(Hinde 1899)

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y. Wang et al. 2003One small spherical lattice shell with seven three-bladed spines, variable in width and length. The pores are sub-circular to sub-angular, variable in size and shape, about nine to twelve per half a circumference.