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Higumastra scassoi

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae

Taxonomy
Higumastra scassoi was named by Kiessling (1999). Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, K 25, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. gratiosa, H. hilara, H. spinosa, H. spinosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Higumastra scassoi Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyHagiastridaeRiedel 1971
genusHigumastraBaumgartner 1980
speciesscassoi

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.

†Higumastra scassoi Kiessling 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available