Sethocapsa nakaensis Sashida and Uematsu 1996 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae

Full reference: K. Sashida and H. Uematsu. 1996. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Torinosu-type limestone embedded in the Early Cretaceous Hinodani Formation of the northern Shimanto Terrane, Shikoku, Japan. Science Reports of the Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba. Section B: Geological Sciences 17:39-69

Belongs to Sethocapsa according to K. Sashida and H. Uematsu 1996

Sister taxa: Sethocapsa accincta, Sethocapsa cometa, Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides, Sethocapsa fabii, Sethocapsa hexagona, Sethocapsa kaminogoensis, Sethocapsa leiostraca, Sethocapsa obstipa, Sethocapsa pseudouterculus, Sethocapsa pytine, Sethocapsa simplex, Sethocapsa sphaerica, Sethocapsa subcrassitestata, Sethocapsa taukhaensis, Sethocapsa trachyostraca, Sethocapsa uterculus, Sethocapsa zinckeni, Sethocapsa zweilii

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Torinosu-type limestone, OU-12 (Jurassic of Japan)

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