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Euphysetta

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Euphysetta was named by Cleve (1898) [Shell ovate, with a single spice on the apical pole. Structure double: coarser longitudinal (9 in 0.01 mm.) and transverse (8 to 9 in 0.01 mm.) faint ribs crossing each other at right angles and, besides, very small puncta arranged in obliquely decussating rows (17 in 0.01 mm.). Peristome short and wide, with four slender articulate teeth, three of them the same length but the fourth much longer. From the middle of the fourth tooht there issues in the middle a small spine.]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Cleve (1898).

It was assigned to Radiolaria by Cleve (1898).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Euphysetta Cleve

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
RankNameAuthor
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
genusEuphysetta

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. Euphysetta Cleve 1898
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999
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