Rhizoplegma Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Polycystina - Spumellaria - Astrosphaeridae

Parent taxon: Astrosphaeridae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arachnosphaera, Astrosphaera, Astrospongus, Cladococcus, Diplosphaera, Drymosphaera, Elaphococcus, Haeckeliella, Haplosphaera, Heliosphaera, Heteracantha, Hexancistra, Hexapyramis, Leptosphaera, Lychnosphaera, Porococcus, Rhizospongus, Thalassoplegma

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhizoplegma in the database

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