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Tesserastrum

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy
Tesserastrum was named by Haeckel (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: J u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spongodiscidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Tesserastrum Haeckel
2001Tesserastrum De Wever et al. p. 160
2002Tesserastrum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusTesserastrumHaeckel 1887

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. Tesserastrum Haeckel 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available