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Spongostaurus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae

Taxonomy
Spongostaurus was named by Haeckel (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: J l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Orbiculiformidae by Carter et al. (1988); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Spongostaurus Haeckel
1988Spongostaurus Carter et al. p. 44
2002Spongostaurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyPyloniaceaHaeckel 1881
familyOrbiculiformidaePessagno 1973
genusSpongostaurusHaeckel 1882

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. Spongostaurus Haeckel 1882
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Spongostaurus australis Kiessling 1999
Spongostaurus compactus Kiessling 1995
Spongostaurus hokkaidoensis Taketani 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available