Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
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: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sharma and Takahashi 2007
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongaster, Spongodiscus, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylodictya, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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