Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Protozoa.
Taxonomy
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The Family Saccamminidae is a member of the Superfamily Astrorhizacea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Saccamminidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Infrakingdom: Rhizaria
Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Phylum: Foraminifera
(Eichwald, 1830) Margulis, 1974
- Class: Foraminifera
Lee, 1990
- Order: Astrorhizida
Brady, 1881
- Superfamily: Astrorhizacea
Brady, 1881
- Family: Saccamminidae Brady, 1884
- Superfamily: Astrorhizacea
Brady, 1881
- Order: Astrorhizida
Brady, 1881
- Class: Foraminifera
Lee, 1990
- Phylum: Foraminifera
(Eichwald, 1830) Margulis, 1974
- Infrakingdom: Rhizaria
Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
The Family Saccamminidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (12): Crithionina · Hemisphaerammina · Lagenammina · Pelosina · Proteonina · Psammophax · Psammosphaera · Saccammina · Technitella · Tholosima · Tholosina · Thurammina
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species and subspecies in the Family Saccamminidae.
Genera
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Crithionina
Hemisphaerammina
Lagenammina
Pelosina
Proteonina
Psammophax
Psammosphaera
Saccammina
Technitella
Tholosima
Tholosina
Thurammina
At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Thurammina.
More info about the Genus Thurammina may be found here.
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