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Radiolaria
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Raˊdi-o-la′ri-a
(rāˊdĭ-ō̍-lā′rĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Radioli
.] (Zool.)
Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See
Polycystina
. Definition 2024
Radiolaria
Radiolaria
See also: radiolaria
Translingual
Proper noun
Radiolaria
- 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.
- Radiozoa
Usage notes
- There position of this taxonomy is under dispute. It is sometimes given as a subphylum of Radiozoa or of Retaria.
Hypernyms
- (Radiozoa): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Rhizaria - infrakingdom; Retaria - phylum
Hyponyms
- (Radiozoa): Polycystinea, Spasmaria, Acantharea, Sticholonchea - superclasses
radiolaria
radiolaria
See also: Radiolaria
English
Noun
radiolaria pl (plural only)
- The members of the taxonomic subclass Radiolaria; radiolarians.