Astrophacus Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Heliodiscidae

Parent taxon: Heliodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Excentrococcus, Excentrodiscus, Excentrosphaerella, Heliodiscus

Subtaxa: Astrophacus cingulatus

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astrophacus in the database

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