Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Parent taxon: Entactiniidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also Aitchison 1993, De Wever et al. 2001, Nazarov and Ormiston 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Takahashi and Miyake 2014, Wang et al. 2003 and Won 1997
Sister taxa: Afanasievella, Apophysiactinia, Astroentactiniinae, Bientactinosphaerinae, Borisella, Callela, Cancellosphaera, Costaentactinia, Cubaxonium, Duodecimentactinia, Duplexia, Entactiniinae, Entactinosphaera, Fenestrula, Gracilentactinia, Hegleria, Holdisphaera, Involutentactinia, Kashiwara, Klaengspongus, Lententactinia, Magnentactinia, Magnisphaera, Megaporus, Microporosa, Moskovistella, Multientactinia, Munzuwonella, Oruatemanua, Paracopicyntra, Paratriposphaera, Perforentactinia, Plenoentactinia, Plenosphaera, Pluristratoentactinia, Polyedroentactinia, Provisocyntra, Radiobisphaera, Retentactinia, Retentactiniinae, Retisphaera, Shinkaiera, Sinosphaera, Stigmosphaerostylus, Stygmosphaerostylus, Tardentactinia, Trilonche, Uberinterna, Wuyia
Subtaxa: Spongentactinia ambigua Spongentactinia flexa Spongentactinia fungosa Spongentactinia incerta Spongentactinia indisserta Spongentactinia inusitata Spongentactinia invenusta Spongentactinia marina Spongentactinia mira Spongentactinia nupera Spongentactinia polaris Spongentactinia rigida Spongentactinia shaijingpoensis Spongentactinia simensis Spongentactinia subtiradiata
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Vietnam (2 collections)
• Permian of China (2)
• Devonian of Australia (3), China (1)
Total: 8 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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