Protozoa - Entactinaria - Tetrentactiniidae
Synonyms: Somphaentactinia Nazarov 1975, Somphoentactinia Nazarov 1975, Spongentactinella Nazarov 1975
Parent taxon: Tetrentactiniini according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also Aitchison 1993, Nazarov and Ormiston 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Wang et al. 2003 and Won 1997
Sister taxa: Ellipsostigma, Multisphaera, Triaenosphaera
Subtaxa: Somphoentactinia gavrilovi Somphoentactinia multisphaerata Somphoentactinia saecularis Spongentactinella corynacantha Spongentactinella faceta Spongentactinella olafi Spongentactinella veles Spongentactinella windjanensis Tetrentactinia barysphaera Tetrentactinia gracilispinosa Tetrentactinia incondita Tetrentactinia inopia Tetrentactinia puncticulosa Tetrentactinia quadrispinosa Tetrentactinia somphosphaera Tetrentactinia somphozona Tetrentactinia spinulosa Tetrentactinia spongacea Tetrentactinia teuchestes
Type: Tetrentactinia barysphaera
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), China (3), United States (3: Ohio)
Total: 8 collections including 25 occurrences
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