Radiolaria

See also: radiolaria

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin radiolus (“little sun-beam”) + -aria.

Proper noun

Radiolaria

  1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Actinopodea – the radiolaria, numerous species, most of them extinct, of minute zooplankton, many with distinctive mineral skeletons useful for dating stratigraphic layers.
  2. Radiozoa

Usage notes

  • The position of this taxonomy is under dispute. It is sometimes given as a subphylum of Radiozoa or of Retaria.

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