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Actinocyclus

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Phylum
  
Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Scientific name
  
Actinocyclus

Higher classification
  
Actinocyclus Actinocyclus Diatoms of the United States

Similar
  
Coscinodiscus, Asteromphalus, Diploneis, Thalassiosira weissflogii, Thalassionema nitzschioides

Actinocyclus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Actinocyclidae. In 2006, a study was carried out which included finding traces of extinct Actinocylidae in Russia, which ultimately assisted geologists in dating its prevalence and significance to history. Out of 7236 samples found, they concluded that this species belongs to a group of known as Actinocyclus gorbunovii. Freshwater species of Actinocyclus were also found to have a major part in playing a stratigraphic marker, also known as an estimated time in which geologists can use to help order things in a sequence of events. Using K-Ar dating, scientists concluded that Actinocyclus species were found to be most optimal in the middle-age Miocene era.

Actinocyclus Actinocyclus octonarius var ralfsii WSmith Hendey Algaebase

This genus is not to be confused with Actinocyclus Ehrenberg, 1837 , a genus of diatoms in the family Hemidiscaceae.

Actinocyclus Actinocyclus subtilis Gregory Ralfs Diatom MicroscopyView

Species

Species in the genus Actinocyclus include:

  • Actinocyclus papillatus (Bergh, 1878)
  • Actinocyclus verrucosus Ehrenberg, 1831

  • Actinocyclus httpsc1staticflickrcom1471068285639c04296

    References

    Actinocyclus Wikipedia


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