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Lychnocanium

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Lychnocanium was named by Ehrenberg (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: K l R]. It is extant. Its type is Lychnocanium falciferum.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Lychnocanium Ehrenberg
2001Lychnocanium De Wever et al. p. 282
2002Lychnocanium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyEucyrtidiaceaEhrenberg 1847
familyEucyrtiidaeEhrenberg 1847
genusLychnocaniumEhrenberg 1847

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. Lychnocanium Ehrenberg 1847
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Subg. †Lychnocanium (Lychnocanella) Haeckel 1887
Lychnocanium depressum Ehrenberg 1873
Lychnocanium falciferum Ehrenberg 1854
Lychnocanium lucerna Ehrenberg 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available