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Dorcadospyris

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

Taxonomy
Dorcadospyris was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 686]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trissocyclidae by O'Conner (1994); to Triospyrididae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Dorcadospyris Haeckel
1881Gamospyris Haeckel
1881Stephanospyris Haeckel
1994Dorcadospyris O'Conner p. 338
2001Dorcadospyris De Wever et al. p. 230
2002Dorcadospyris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyTriospyrididaeHaeckel 1881
genusDorcadospyrisHaeckel 1881

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. Dorcadospyris Haeckel 1881
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Dorcadospyris mahurangi O'Conner 1994
Invalid names: Gamospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Stephanospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available