WoRMS name details
Procyttarium primordiale Haeckel, 1879
1710569 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1710569)
uncertain > unassessed (most likely a morphotype rather than an actual biological taxon)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Haeckel, E. (1879). Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte. G. Reimer, Berlin. 1-718. [details]
Taxonomic remark Actissa and its several subgenera such as Procyttarium - all from Haeckel - do not appear to have any biologic validity...
Taxonomic remark Actissa and its several subgenera such as Procyttarium - all from Haeckel - do not appear to have any biologic validity based on the molecular results of Biard et al. 2015. It is even unclear if the species themselves have any biologic meaning. Actissa is far more commonly used than Procyttarium for species in this group in the literature from Haeckel to modern times. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Procyttarium primordiale Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1710569 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1879). Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte. G. Reimer, Berlin. 1-718. [details]
basis of record Biard, T.; Pillet, L.; Decelle, J.; Poirier, C.; Suzuki, N.; Not, F. (2015). Towards an Integrative Morpho-molecular Classification of the Collodaria (Polycystinea, Radiolaria). <em>Protist.</em> 166(3): 374-388., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.protis.2015.05.002 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Biard, T.; Pillet, L.; Decelle, J.; Poirier, C.; Suzuki, N.; Not, F. (2015). Towards an Integrative Morpho-molecular Classification of the Collodaria (Polycystinea, Radiolaria). <em>Protist.</em> 166(3): 374-388., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.protis.2015.05.002 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details] 
ecology source Biard, T., E. Bigeard, S. Audic, J. Poulain, A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, S. Pesant, L. Stemmann & F. Not. (2017). Biogeography and diversity of Collodaria (Radiolaria) in the global ocean. ISME Journal, 11(6):1331-1344., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.12 [details]
ecology source Biard, T., E. Bigeard, S. Audic, J. Poulain, A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, S. Pesant, L. Stemmann & F. Not. (2017). Biogeography and diversity of Collodaria (Radiolaria) in the global ocean. ISME Journal, 11(6):1331-1344., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.12 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Actissa and its several subgenera such as Procyttarium - all from Haeckel - do not appear to have any biologic validity based on the molecular results of Biard et al. 2015. It is even unclear if the species themselves have any biologic meaning. Actissa is far more commonly used than Procyttarium for species in this group in the literature from Haeckel to modern times. [details]
