Astrorhizana
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| Astrorhizana Temporal range: Cambrian - Recent | |
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| Astrorhiza limicola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Astrorhizata |
| Subclass: | Astrorhizana Saidova, 1981 |
| Orders | |
Astrorhizana are a subclass of foraminifera characterized by simple tests composed of agglutinated material that can be irregular, spheroidal, or tubular and straight, branching or enrolled. Tests are non septate and consist of a single chamber following the proloculus. These are the Ammodiscacea of the Textulariina in the Treatise Part C, (Loeblich & Tappan 1964) that range from the Cambrian to Recent.
Four orders are included, the Astrorhizida, Dendrofryida, Hippocrepinida, and Saccamminida.
