Protozoa - Entactinaria - Centrocubidae

Full reference: R. Q. Li, K. Sashida, and Y. Ogawa. 2011. Earliest Cretaceous initial spicule-bearing spherical radiolarians from the Mariana Trench. Journal of Paleontology 85(1):92-101

Parent taxon: Centrocubidae according to R. Q. Li et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Arachnostylus, Arcicubulus, Centrocubus, Diplospongus, Excentroconcha, Gonosphaera, Lonchosphaera, Octodendron, Pessagnulus, Solicubulus, Welirella

Subtaxa: Marianasphaera multispinosa Marianasphaera ogawai

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Type: Marianasphaera ogawai

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mariana Trench, sample 181-R003 (Cretaceous of Philippines)

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