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Radiolaria
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radiolaria
Translingual
Etymology
From mul la radiolus little sun-beam + mul -aria.
Proper noun
subclass class Actinopodea the radiolaria, numerous species, most of them extinct, of minute zooplankton, many with distinctive mineral skeletons useful for dating stratigraphic layers
Radiozoa
Usage notes
The position of this taxonomy is under dispute. It is sometimes given as a subphylum of Radiozoa or of Retaria phylum.
Hypernyms
Radiozoa
Hyponyms
Radiozoa Polycystinea class, Spasmaria superclass, Acantharea class, Sticholonchea superclass - superclasses
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