Tuscaroridae is a family of
cercozoa
Cercozoa (now synonymised with Filosa) is a phylum of diverse single-celled eukaryotes. They lack shared morphological characteristics at the microscopic level, and are instead united by phylogeny, molecular phylogenies of rRNA and actin or Ubiqu ...
ns, single-celled eukaryotes in the order
Phaeocalpida
Phaeocalpida is an order of cercozoans in the class Phaeodarea
Phaeodarea or Phaeodaria is a group of amoeboid cercozoan organisms. They are traditionally considered radiolarians, but in molecular trees do not appear to be close relatives of t ...
.
References
* Report on the Radiolaria. E Haeckel, 1887
* Report on the scientific results of the voyage of the HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. E Haeckel, Zoology series, 1887
External links
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Tuscaroridaeat the World Register of Marine Spacies (WoRMS)
Phaeodaria
Rhizaria families
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