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Taxon: Subphylum Opalinata Wenyon, 1926 (protozoan)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C.M. Wenyon, 1926) P.R. Earl, 1971, nom. zool.
Original name:  Wenyon, 1926.
Original use as a zoological name:  Earl, P.R. 1971. Acta Protozool. 9 (3): 46.
Subsequent rank:  loc. cit.
Subsequent spelling:  Levine, N.D., Corliss, J.O., Cox, F.E.G., Deroux, G., Grain, J., Honigberg, B.M., Leedale, G.F., Loeblich III, A.R., Lom, J., Lynn, D., Merinfeld, E.G., Page, F.C., Poljansky, G., Sprague, V., Vavra, J. & Wallace, F.G. 1980. J. Protozool. 27 (1): 40.
Emended diagnosis (emend.):  Cavalier-Smith, 1993.

Attributes

Zoological name (: nom. zool.) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 19 Feb 2016.

Types

Type: Opalina (Genus) Purkinje & Valentin, 1835 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77). [inferred]

Variants

Current rank: Opalinata (Superclass) Wenyon, 1926 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith & J.M. Scoble, 2013(2012): table 1 (p. 333). [inferred]
Former rank: Opalinata (Phylum) Wenyon, 1926 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77). [inferred]
Former unranked name: Opalinata ([unranked]) Wenyon, 1926 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77). [inferred]
Name in current code of nomenclature: Opalinata (Subphylum) Earl (1971) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77). [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Opalinatea (Class) Wenyon, 1926

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: opalinen
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