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Echidnina stevensi

Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Echidninidae

Taxonomy
Echidnina stevensi was named by Won and Iams (2002). Its type specimen is GSC-121953, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Echidnina stevensi Won and Iams p. 26 figs. figs. 5.1, 5.2

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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
speciesstevensi

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Echidnina stevensi Won and Iams 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M.-Z. Won and W. J. Iams 2002A spicular skeleton of two vertical and four to eight whorled, very long, curved rays. Rays bearing subsidiary spinules on their proximal parts, but a few rays without spinules or with far fewer spinules than on the other rays.