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Acantharia

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Acantharia was named by Haeckel (1862). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subclass Acantharia by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).

It was assigned to Reticularea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); and to Actinopoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Acantharia Haeckel
1961Acantharia Loeblich and Tappan
2002Acantharia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
RankNameAuthor
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassAcantharia(Haeckel 1862)
subclassAcantharia(Haeckel 1862)

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.

Subcl. Acantharia Haeckel 1862
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Superfm. Astrolonchacea Haeckel 1881
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Fm. Astrolonchidae Haeckel 1881
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Subfm. Astrolonchinae Haeckel 1881
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G. Dipelicophora Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Dipelicophora buetschlii Schewiakoff 1926
Invalid names: Dicranophora Schewiakoff 1926 [replaced]
Superfm. Dorataspacea Haeckel 1862
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Fm. Dorataspidae Haeckel 1862
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G. Orophaspis Haeckel 1881
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Invalid names: Stegaspis Haeckel 1881 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available