Protozoa - Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Synonyms: Spongatractus Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym], Spongoxiphus Haeckel 1887
Parent taxon: Stylosphaeridae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Ehrenberg 1847, Sanfilippo et al. 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Suzuki 2009
Sister taxa: Druppatractus, Dumitricasphaera, Lithomespilus, Praestylosphaera, Protoxiphotractus, Spongostylus, Staurolonche, Stylatractus, Stylosphaera, Xiphatractus, Zhamojdasphaera
Subtaxa: Spongatractus pachystylus Spongatractus pleurosigma Spongosphaera crasseptata Spongosphaera induta Spongosphaera polyacantha Spongosphaera streptacantha Spongosphaera tritestacea
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (7 collections)
• Eocene of Cyprus (6)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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