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Arachnocorys

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Lophophaenidae

Taxonomy
Arachnocorys was named by Haeckel (1860). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Arachnocorys Haeckel
2001Arachnocorys De Wever et al. p. 226

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyLophophaenidaeHaeckel 1881
genusArachnocorysHaeckel 1860

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. Arachnocorys Haeckel 1860
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Arachnocorys dubius Dogiel' and Reshetnyak 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Cryptogyrus dubius (233640 233708 233709)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Cryptogyrus dubius (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Archiperidium pentacanthum, Cryptogyrus dubius (233714)