Family Actiniscaceae

Family Actiniscaceae

Citation: Actiniscaceae Kützing 1844. Diagnosis:Actiniscineans in which the motile cell has a rigid, siliceous, internal stellate skeleton of two parts which, together with a perinuclear strengthening layer, encloses the nucleus. Type genus: Actiniscus ( Ehrenberg 1840a) Ehrenberg 1843a; fossil - Pliocene. Extant genus: Diaster Meunier 1910. Fossil genera: Actiniscus ( Ehrenberg 1840a) Ehrenberg 1843a; Pliocene. (=Gymnaster Schütt 1891; taxonomic junior synonym by general consideration) (=Lutetianella Filipescu 1943 ex Filipescu 1959; taxonomic junior synonym according to Dumitrică, 1973, p.820) (=Microdistephanus Filipescu 1943 ex Filipescu 1959; taxonomic junior synonym according to Dumitrică, 1973, p.820) Carduifolia Hovasse 1932a ex Hovasse 1932b; Tertiary. Cinctactiniscus Dumitrică, 1973; Late Oligocene-Early Pliocene. Foliactiniscus Dumitrică, 1973; Tertiary. Other name: (?Calicipedinium Dumitrică, 1973; name not validly published)

Suborder Actiniscineae