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, 1841) Ehrenberg, 1843a; fossil - Pliocene. Extant genus: Diaster Meunier, 1910. Fossil genera: Actiniscus ( Ehrenberg, 1841) 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)

Parent: Suborder Actiniscineae