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Dactyliosphaera

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Dactyliosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Dactyliosphaera was named by Squinabol (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: K]. It is the type genus of Dactyliosphaeridae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Dactyliosphaera Squinabol
2001Dactyliosphaera De Wever et al. p. 134
2002Dactyliosphaera Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyDactyliosphaeridaeSquinabol 1904
genusDactyliosphaeraSquinabol 1904

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. †Dactyliosphaera Squinabol 1904
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Diagnosis
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