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Spongurus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Sponguridae

Taxonomy
Spongurus was named by Haeckel (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sponguridae by De Wever et al. (2001) and Sharma and Takahashi (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Spongurus Haeckel
1887Spongocore Haeckel
1892Spongurus lacunosus Rüst
1892Spongurus plantaeformis Rüst
1892Spongurus variabilis Rüst
2001Spongurus De Wever et al. p. 166
2002Spongocore Sepkoski
2002Spongurus Sepkoski
2007Spongurus Sharma and Takahashi p. 818

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySponguridaeHaeckel 1862
genusSpongurusHaeckel 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. Spongurus Haeckel 1860
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Invalid names: Spongocore Haeckel 1887 [synonym], Spongurus lacunosus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Spongurus plantaeformis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Spongurus variabilis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available