Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Synonym: Spongosphaera Won 1997 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Entactiniidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also 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, Pluristratoentactinia, Polyedroentactinia, Provisocyntra, Radiobisphaera, Retentactinia, Retentactiniinae, Retisphaera, Shinkaiera, Sinosphaera, Spongentactinia, Stigmosphaerostylus, Stygmosphaerostylus, Tardentactinia, Trilonche, Uberinterna, Wuyia
Subtaxa: Plenosphaera gigantea Plenosphaera tenuitesta Plenosphaera usitata Spongosphaera grandispongiosa Spongosphaera trendalliana Spongosphaera varia
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Pillara Range, SE of Menyous Gap, Canning Basin (Devonian of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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