Rotosphaerida

Name

Rotosphaerida Febvre-Chevalier, 1982 [?] Revision of the taxonomy of the Heliozoa with attention to electron microscopical criteria. Annales de l’Institute Océanographique de Paris 58:173-178, [1].

Similar groups:

• Rotosphaeridia Rainer, 1968
• Cristidiscoidida Page, 1987
• Cristidiscoidia Cavalier-Smith, 1993
• Nucleariida Cavalier-Smith, 1993
• Cristidiscoidea Cavalier-Smith, 1998

Alternative classifications

Febvre-Chevalier in Lee et al. (1985)

Febvre-Chevalier, C. (1985) IV. Class Heliozoea Haeckel 1866. In: Lee, J.J., Hutner, S.H. & Bovee, E.C. (eds.), An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, 1st ed. Society of Protozoologists, [2].

Subkingdom Protozoa (Goldfuss, 1818) von Siebold, 1846

• Phylum Sarcomastigophora Honigberg & Balamuth, 1963

• Subphylum Sarcodina Schmarda, 1871

• Superclass Actinopodea Calkins, 1902

• Class Heliozoea Haeckel, 1866

• Order Rotosphaerida Rainer, 1968

Mikrujkov (1999)

Mikrujkov, K. A. (1999). Taxonomic revision of scale-bearing heliozoon-like amoebae (Pompholyxophryidae, Rotosphaerida). Acta Protozoologica, 38, 119-131, [3].

• Rotosphaerida Rainer, 1968 (= Cristidiscoidida Page, 1987)
  • Family 1. Nucleariidae Cann et Page, 1979
    • Genus 1. Nuclearia Cienkowski,1865
    • Genus 2. Elaeorhanis Greeff, 1873
    • Genus 3. Leptophrys Hertwig et Lesser, 1874
    • Genus 4. Vampyrellidium Zopf, 1885
  • Family 2. Pompholyxophryidae Page, 1987
    • Genus 1. Pinaciophora Greeff, 1869
    • Genus 2. Rabdiophrys Rainer, 1968
    • Genus 3. Rabdiaster gen. n.
    • Genus 4. Pompholyxophrys Archer, 1869
• Aconchulinida De Saedeleer, 1934 (= Cristivesiculatida Page, 1987)

Pugachev et al. (2011)

From Protista 3.

Protists (Eukaryota)

• Opisthokonta
  • Rotosphaerida Rainer, 1968 ("heliozoans")