Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Alternative combinations: Entactinosphaera echinata, Heliosoma echinata, Xiphosphaera echinata
Belongs to Trilonche according to Y. Wang et al. 2003
See also Aitchison 1993, Aitchison et al. 1999 and Nazarov and Ormiston 1983
Sister taxa: Trilonche cancellicula, Trilonche chiangdaoensis, Trilonche cimelia, Trilonche crassus, Trilonche davidi, Trilonche dihelicis, Trilonche elegans, Trilonche hindea, Trilonche minax, Trilonche nanningensis, Trilonche parapalimbola, Trilonche pittmani, Trilonche remosa, Trilonche robusta, Trilonche tanheensis, Trilonche tetractinia, Trilonche textilis, Trilonche trifoliolata, Trilonche vachardi, Trilonche vetusta, Trilonche xinpoensis, Trilonche yaoi, Duosphaera hebes, Ornatoentactinia beljaevorum, Ornatoentactinia spinisica, Ornatoentactinia agarkovi, Ornatoentactinia solita, Ornatoentactinia klevtsovae, Ornatoentactinia spartaci, Bisphaera uniprocera, Bisphaera dissimilicortex, Bisphaera beniguna, Bisphaera solidispinosa, Bisphaera cribrisimilis, Bientactinosphaera morozovi, Bientactinosphaera zuraevi, Bientactinosphaera maslakovae, Bientactinosphaera spinofoliacea, Bientactinosphaera miletenkoi, Bientactinosphaera pinica, Staurodruppa prolata, Staurodruppa nucula, Staurodruppa praelonga, Staurodruppa nana, Staurodruppa foxii, Druppalonche ovata, Druppalonche clavigera
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (7 collections)
• Devonian of Australia (7), United States (2: Ohio)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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