IRMNG name details
basis of record
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
additional source
Cope, J. C. W.; Donovan, S. K. (2005). Parablastoid holdfasts from the Lower Ordovician of South Wales. <em>Geological Journal.</em> 40(3): 295-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.1013 [details]
extant flag source
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
habitat flag source
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinodermata incertae sedis (Class) > Edrioblastoida (Order) > Blastocystidae (Family) [details]
Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Ordovician (Arenig)-Ordovician (Llandeilo) [details]
Taxonomic remark Family name in current use (e.g. see Cope & Donovan, 2005) however is invalid, being based on Blastocystis Jaekel, 1918 which is a junior homonym of Blastocystis Aléxéieff, 1911 in Protozoa. [details]
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