Castanidium

Castanidium

Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part III, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), engravings by Adolf Giltsch (1852-1911), 1887. Plate 113. Castanellida. Fig. 2. Castanidium moseleyi, n. sp., × 80 Fig. 5. Castanidium murrayi, n. sp., × 100 Fig. 7. Castanidium buchanani, n. sp., × 100
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Class:	Phaeodaria
Order:	Phaeogromia or Phaeocalpida
Family:	Castanellidae
Genus:	Castanidium Haeckel, 1879
Species
Castanidium elegans Schmidt, 1908 Castanidium haeckeri Schröder Castanidium longispinum Haecker Castanidium moseleyi Haeckel, 1887 Castanidium spinosum Schröder Castanidium vanhoeffeni Schröder Castanidium variabile Borgert, 1890

Fig. 2. Castanidium moseleyi, n. sp., × 80
Fig. 5. Castanidium murrayi, n. sp., × 100
Fig. 7. Castanidium buchanani, n. sp., × 100

Castanidium is a genus of cercozoans in the family Castanellidae.