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Gigantospiculum

Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Echidninidae

Taxonomy
Gigantospiculum was named by Won and Iams (2015). Its type is Gigantospiculum dumitricai.

It was assigned to Echidninidae by Noble et al. (2017).

Species
G. dumitricai (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Gigantospiculum Won and Iams
2017Gigantospiculum Noble et al. p. 433

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderArchaeospiculariaDumitrica et al. 2000
familyEchidninidae
genusGigantospiculumWon and Iams 2015

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. †Gigantospiculum Won and Iams 2015
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Gigantospiculum dumitricai Won and Iams 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available