Marianasphaera ogawai Li et al. 2011 (radiolarian)

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

Belongs to Marianasphaera according to R. Q. Li et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Marianasphaera multispinosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mariana Trench, sample 181-R003, which is in a Berriasian basinal (siliceous) chert in the Philippines

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mariana Trench, sample 181-R003

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