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Planctosphaeroidea  Spengel, 1932
Taxonomic Serial No.: 158649

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Class  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Hemichordata Bateson, 1885
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - nomen dubium   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Planctosphaeroidea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Benito, Jesús, and Fernando Pardos / Harrison, Frederick W., and Edward E. Ruppert, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Hemichordata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates. Volume 15. Hemichordata, Chaetognatha, and Invertebrate Chordates   
  Page(s): 15-101   
  Publisher: Wiley-Liss   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-56122-3   
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  Reference for: Planctosphaeroidea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williamson, Donald I.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Origin of Larvae   
  Page(s): xviii + 261   
  Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers   
  Publication Place: Dordrecht, Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-4020-1514-3   
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  Reference for: Planctosphaeroidea   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: All children of class Planctosphaeroidea are nomen dubium; type Planctosphaera pelagica was described from a larval form, adult unknown  
    Williamson (2003: 109) suggests that this class name should be spelled Planctosphaeromorpha  
 

 

    


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