Cenellipsis

Cenellipsis is a genus of radiolarians in the order Spumellaria. The genus is extant but there are also fossil species.

Cenellipsis
Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876.
Part III. Plate 39. Ellipsida, Druppulida, Artiscida et Cyphinida.


Fig. 1. Cenellipsis faceta, n. sp. (vel Ellipsis faceta), ×300
Fig. 2. Cenellipsis infundibulum, n. sp. (vel Ellipsis infundibulum), ×300

Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Rhizaria
Phylum:
Retaria
Subphylum:
Radiolaria
Class:
Polycystina
Order:
Spumellaria
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Cenellipsis

Haeckel, 1887a[1]
Species

Several, including:

  • Cenellipsis elegans Borissenko, 1958
  • Cenellipsis faceta (type)
  • Cenellipsis heterophoris Campbell & Clark, 1944
  • Cenellipsis infundibulum
Synonyms

Ellipsis Haeckel, 1887

Cenellipsis Rüst, 1885b, p. 286 is a Nomen Nudum (no description).[2]

References
  1. Haeckel, E. (1887a). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology, 18, clxxxviii + 1803, description page 290
  2. Rüst, D. (1885b). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der fossilen Radiolarien aus Gesteinen des Jura. Paläontographica 31: 269-321


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