Genus Rabdiaster Mikrjukov, 1999

Diagnosis: Scale-bearing, heliozoon-like amoebae with periplasts comprised of tangential plate-scales and radial spicules. Plate-scales lack holes at the apical surface.

Type-species. R. pertzovi (Mikrjukov, 1994) Mikrjukov, 1999

Composition of 4 species:

R. pertzovi (Mikrjukov, 1994) Mikrjukov, 1999
R. apora (Croome, 1987) Mikrjukov, 1999
R. ludibunda (Penard, 1901) Mikrjukov, 1999
R. reticulata (Thomsen, 1979)Mikrjukov, 1999

Ferry Siemensma, created March 2, 2019; last modified October 16, 2024
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