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Lychnosphaera

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Astrosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Lychnosphaera was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.

It was assigned to Astrosphaeridae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lychnosphaera Haeckel
2001Lychnosphaera De Wever et al. p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyAstrosphaeridaeHaeckel 1881
genusLychnosphaeraHaeckel 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. Lychnosphaera Haeckel 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available