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Lophophaenidae

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Lophophaenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lophophaenidae Haeckel
1961Lophophaenidae Loeblich and Tappan
2001Lophophaenidae De Wever et al. p. 224

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

Fm. Lophophaenidae Haeckel 1881
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G. Amphiplecta Haeckel 1881
G. Antarctissa Petrushevskaya 1967
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Antarctissa denticulata Ehrenberg 1844
G. Arachnocorallium Haeckel 1887
G. Arachnocorys Haeckel 1860
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Arachnocorys dubius Dogiel' and Reshetnyak 1952
G. Archiperidium Haeckel 1881
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Invalid names: Cryptogyrus Sugiyama 1993 [synonym]
G. †Archipilium Haeckel 1887
G. Botryopera Haeckel 1887
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Botryopera chlamida Petrushevskaya 1975
Invalid names: Trisulcus Popofsky 1913 [synonym]
G. Ceratocyrtis Bütschli 1882
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Ceratocyrtis cucullaris Ehrenberg 1874
G. Dictyocephalus Ehrenberg 1860
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Dictyocephalus obtusus Ehrenberg 1844
Invalid names: Dictyocephalus ventricosus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Dictyocryphalus Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym]
G. Dimelissa Campbell 1951
G. Lampromitra Haeckel 1881
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Lampromitra spinosiretis Takahashi 1991
G. Lamprotripus Haeckel 1881
G. Lophophaena Ehrenberg 1847
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Lophophaena galea Ehrenberg 1854
G. Lophophaenoma Haeckel 1887
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Lophophaenoma radians Ehrenberg 1874
G. Marimoum Funakawa 1994
G. †Ovum De Wever 1982
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†Ovum cetinum De Wever 1982
Ovum ovum Linnaeus 1758
†Ovum pertusum De Wever 1982
G. Peromelissa Haeckel 1881
G. Phormacantha Jorgensen 1905
G. Plectacantha Jorgensen 1905
G. Pseudocubus Haeckel 1887
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Invalid names: Obeliscus Popofsky 1913 [synonym]
G. Pseudodictyophimus Petrushevskaya 1971
G. Steganocubus Sugiyama 1993
G. Syscioscenium Sugiyama 1992
G. Tripodocyrtis Funakawa 1994
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 Hettangian to the top of the Holocene or 201.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 199.5 Ma

Collections (149 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Massachusetts) Trisulcus laqueatus (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Connecticut) Trisulcus sp. (53000)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Japan Dictyocephalus umenokiensis, Dictyocephalus chinzeii, Dictyocephalus kamikatsuensis, Dictyocephalus sp. (52057)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye (Antalya) Ovum cetinum, Ovum pertusum (81267)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Lophophaenidae indet. (83083)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand Lophophaena polycyrtis (95819)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Dictyocephalus macrostoma (106433)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0China (Tibet) Dictyocephalus middouri (69734)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (258863)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (258856)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (251097 257002 257005 257007)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Southern Ocean Antarctissa strelkovi (253174 253175) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa deflandrei, Antarctissa denticulata, Ceratocyrtis mashae (253173)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa deflandrei, Ceratocyrtis mashae, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (259942) Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata, Lampromitra coronata (247623) Antarctissa cylindrica, Ceratocyrtis mashae, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (259941) Antarctissa deflandrei, Trisulcus nana, Ceratocyrtis cucullaris, Ceratocyrtis mashae, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (258880) Antarctissa denticulata (259938) Antarctissa robusta, Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa deflandrei, Antarctissa denticulata (259940) Antarctissa robusta, Ceratocyrtis mashae, Ceratocyrtis spp. (259943) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata, Lampromitra coronata (259939) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa deflandrei, Ceratocyrtis cucullaris, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (247624) Ceratocyrtis cucullaris, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (247626) Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (258881 258883) Trisulcus nana (258885) Trisulcus nana, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (247627 247628)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Southern Ocean Antarctissa cylindrica (258879)
Neodenticula kamtschatica - Neodenticula koizumii - Neodenticula kamtschatica7.67 - 2.65North Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (250543)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (247892 247894 251004)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean Antarctissa cylindrica (247903 247904 252118 252119 252126 252128 252132 252136) Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata (247902 247909 247913 252124 252130 252135 259937) Antarctissa cylindrica, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (252131) Antarctissa denticulata (247621 247916 252121 252122 252125 253171) Antarctissa robusta, Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata, Trisulcus nana, Lampromitra coronata (247917) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica (247620 252123 258875) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata (247908 247910 247911 247912 247914 252129 252134 253172 258877 258878) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata, Trisulcus nana (252133) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata, Trisulcus nana, Ceratocyrtis spp. (252127)
Neodenticula koizumii2.65 - 2.0North Pacific Plectacantha oikiskos, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (250537)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean Antarctissa cylindrica (250724 250725 250726) Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata (247616 247617 247618 249974 250730 250731 250732 250735 250737 250738 250741 252115) Antarctissa denticulata (247899 249973 250729 252112 252114) Antarctissa strelkovi (250722) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata (247619 249975 250733 250734 250736 252117 258874) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa cylindrica, Antarctissa denticulata, Trisulcus nana, Ceratocyrtis mashae, Ceratocyrtis spp., Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (250739) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa denticulata (252116) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa denticulata, Ceratocyrtis histricosa, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (252110)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Antarctissa denticulata (250878)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Lophophaena sp. (264862) Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (247882 247883 247884 247886 250980 250986 250989 250990 250995 256982 256984 256986)
Actinocyclus oculatus2.0 - 1.1North Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (250536)
Actinocyclus oculatus - Proboscia curvirostris2.0 - 0.31North Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (250535)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Lophophaenoma witjazzi (266887 266889) Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (252937 252938 252943 252944)
Proboscia curvirostris1.1 - 0.31North Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (250533)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Ceratocyrtis spinosiretis (233710 233711 233712) Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Cryptogyrus dubius (233640 233708 233709)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Cryptogyrus dubius, Ceratocyrtis spinosiretis (233713)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (257523 257524 257527)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Lophophaenoma witjazzi (266882 266883 266886) Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (257511 259772)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Botryopera chlamida, Archiperidium pentacanthum, Cryptogyrus dubius, Ceratocyrtis spinosiretis (233714)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean Antarctissa denticulata, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (250721) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa denticulata (247898) Antarctissa strelkovi, Antarctissa denticulata, Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes (249970)