Spongoplegma Haeckel 1882 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Radiolaria - Actinommidae

Full reference: E. Haeckel. 1882. Entwurf eines Radiolarien-Systems auf Grund von Studien der Challenger-Radiolarien. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 15:418-472

Parent taxon: Actinommidae according to E. Haeckel 1882

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthosphaera, Actinomma, Actinomminae, Astrocentrus, Bolena, Carinaheliosoma, Carposphaera, Cromyomma, Cromyosphaera, Elatomma, Haliommetta, Mallanites, Perispongidium, Prunopyle, Pseudacanthosphaera, Sphaeropyle, Staurosphaera, Staurosphaeretta, Stauroxiphos, Stuermeria, Tetracanthellipsis, Thaisphaera, Thecosphaera, Thecosphaerella

Subtaxa: Spongoplegma australe Spongoplegma brevisphaera Spongoplegma longispinosa Spongoplegma priscum

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spongoplegma in the database

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