Entactinosphaera Foreman 1963 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Synonyms: Belowea, Stolbergia Kozur and Mostler 1989, Thecentactinia Nazarov 1975

Parent taxon: Entactiniidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017

See also Aitchison 1993, Aitchison et al. 1999, De Wever et al. 2001, Feng et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Takahashi and Miyake 2014 and Won 1997

Sister taxa: Afanasievella, Apophysiactinia, Astroentactiniinae, Bientactinosphaerinae, Borisella, Callela, Cancellosphaera, Costaentactinia, Cubaxonium, Duodecimentactinia, Duplexia, Entactiniinae, Fenestrula, Gracilentactinia, Hegleria, Holdisphaera, Involutentactinia, Kashiwara, Klaengspongus, Lententactinia, Magnentactinia, Magnisphaera, Megaporus, Microporosa, Moskovistella, Multientactinia, Munzuwonella, Oruatemanua, Paracopicyntra, Paratriposphaera, Perforentactinia, Plenoentactinia, Plenosphaera, Pluristratoentactinia, Polyedroentactinia, Provisocyntra, Radiobisphaera, Retentactinia, Retentactiniinae, Retisphaera, Shinkaiera, Sinosphaera, Spongentactinia, Stigmosphaerostylus, Stygmosphaerostylus, Tardentactinia, Trilonche, Uberinterna, Wuyia

Subtaxa: Belowea crassitesta Belowea hexaculeata Belowea tenuistesta Entactinosphaera aculeata Entactinosphaera aculeatissima Entactinosphaera aenigma Entactinosphaera aitpaiensis Entactinosphaera aksakensis Entactinosphaera almae Entactinosphaera altasulcata Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Entactinosphaera assidera Entactinosphaera aubouini Entactinosphaera australis Entactinosphaera baragensis Entactinosphaera bellula Entactinosphaera brevihebes Entactinosphaera brevispinosa Entactinosphaera calthrata Entactinosphaera carssispira Entactinosphaera cimelia Entactinosphaera conglobata Entactinosphaera crassiclathrata Entactinosphaera crassispinosa Entactinosphaera diplostraca Entactinosphaera dystactotata Entactinosphaera egindyensis Entactinosphaera elegans Entactinosphaera erebenna Entactinosphaera esostrongyla Entactinosphaera euthlasta Entactinosphaera excurrens Entactinosphaera explicata Entactinosphaera foremanae Entactinosphaera fredericki Entactinosphaera gengmaensis Entactinosphaera grandis Entactinosphaera guangxiensis Entactinosphaera hapala Entactinosphaera hirta Entactinosphaera hystricosa Entactinosphaera inconstans Entactinosphaera inpercepta Entactinosphaera inusitata Entactinosphaera liquidambarfructa Entactinosphaera menneri Entactinosphaera neocimelia Entactinosphaera octospina Entactinosphaera orientalis Entactinosphaera palimbola Entactinosphaera paracimelia Entactinosphaera polyacanthina Entactinosphaera pseudocimelia Entactinosphaera pulcherima Entactinosphaera riedeli Entactinosphaera ruesti Entactinosphaera simoni Entactinosphaera spinulata Entactinosphaera strangulata Entactinosphaera symphypora Entactinosphaera trendalli Entactinosphaera tretactinia Entactinosphaera triassica Entactinosphaera unimana Entactinosphaera variacanthina Entactinosphaera verrucula Entactinosphaera wuhanensis Entactinosphaera zapfei Thecentactinia indeterminata

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Type: Entactinosphaera esostrongyla

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (34: British Columbia), China (8), Cyprus (1), Hungary (1), Japan (13), New Zealand (8), Thailand (10), Vietnam (1)

• Leonard of United States (2: Oregon)

• Permian of China (15), Japan (3), Malaysia (2), Thailand (12), United States (2: Oregon)

• Carboniferous of Germany (1), Thailand (3), United States (2: Alaska)

• Devonian of Australia (2), United States (3: Ohio)

• Llandeilo of Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 125 collections including 192 occurrences

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