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Echidnina runnegari

Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Echidninidae

Taxonomy
Echidnina runnegari was named by Bengtson (1986). Its type specimen is UNEF16424, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Echidnina runnegari Bengtson
2002Echidnina runnegari Won and Iams p. 24
2007Echidnina runnegari Won et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderArchaeospiculariaDumitrica et al. 2000
familyEchidninidae
genusEchidnina
speciesrunnegari

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.

Echidnina runnegari Bengtson 1986
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Bengtson 1986Globular spiny bodies, 210-300/~m in diameter (excluding protruding spicule rays), built up of disorderly arranged, siliceous, slender, hexactinellid-type spicules up to 5 /zm in thickness. No axial filament visible in spicules. Interior of globules hollow.