Apophysisphaera elegans Won 1997 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Full reference: M.-Z. Won. 1997. The Proposed New Radiolarian Subfamily Retentactiniinae (Entactiniidae) from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Australia. Micropaleontology 43(4):371-418

Belongs to Apophysisphaera according to M.-Z. Won 1997

Sister taxa: Stigmosphaerostylus bazhaiensis, Stigmosphaerostylus coronatus, Stigmosphaerostylus cubicus, Stigmosphaerostylus dobruskinae, Stigmosphaerostylus favusa, Stigmosphaerostylus gogoensis, Stigmosphaerostylus horrida, Stigmosphaerostylus hystricuosa, Stigmosphaerostylus inaequalis, Stigmosphaerostylus istanbulensis, Stigmosphaerostylus itsukaichiensis, Stigmosphaerostylus leveni, Stigmosphaerostylus meyeni, Stigmosphaerostylus notabilis, Stigmosphaerostylus profundisulcus, Stigmosphaerostylus pusilla, Stigmosphaerostylus qinzhouensis, Stigmosphaerostylus sakmaraensis, Stigmosphaerostylus variospina, Stigmosphaerostylus wildei, Stigmosphaerostylus yaoi, Inaequalientactinia gourmelonae, Inaequalientactinia deflandrei, Inaequalientactinia parva, Inaequalientactinia typica, Inaequalientactinia wuppertalensis, Entactinia inaequoporosa, Entactinia spongia, Entactinia consociata, Entactinia sashidai, Entactinia postadditiva, Entactinia dianae, Entactinia austrouralica, Entactinia somphorhips, Entactinia pantotolma, Entactinia tortispina, Entactinia dolichoacus, Entactinia octaculeata, Entactinia strena, Entactinia rostriformis, Entactinia delvolvei, Entactinia proceraspina, Entactinia mediforma, Entactinia tyrrelli, Entactinia oumonhaoensis, Entactinia prodigialis, Entactinia pycnoclada, Entactinia unispina, Entactinia parapycnoclada, Entactinia eiklaensis, Entactinia octaparvispina, Entactinia dimidiata, Entactinia hoxtolgayensis, Entactinia sheeprockensis, Entactinia dissora, Entactinia diversita, Entactinia additiva, Entactinia micropora, Entactinia bifida, Entactinia multispinosa, Entactinia modesta, Entactinia americana, Entactinia hercula, Entactinia elongata, Entactinia faceta, Entactinia quantilla, Entactinia praepycnoclada, Entactinia densa, Entactinia perplexa, Entactinia leptura, Entactinia pantosompha, Entactinia sychnacanthina, Entactinia pillaraense, Entactinia tenuiacerosa, Entactinia parva, Entactinia parviporosa, Entactinia patorovaria, Entactinia ormistoni, Entactinia aperticuva, Entactinia meishanensis, Entactinia haeckeliana, Entactinia minuta, Entactinia iriensis, Entactinia complanata, Entactinia mixta, Entactinia bella, Entactinia pinrasensis, Entactinia sexradiata, Entactinia praenuntia, Entactinia foveolata, Entactinia octaradiata, Entactinia atypica, Entactinia hindeiana, Entactinia micula, Entactinia duksundiensis, Entactinia herculea, Entactinia suave, Entactinia subulata, Entactinia exilispina, Entactinia akdymensis, Entactinia densissima, Entactinia dasysa, Entactinia reticulata, Entactinia wangi, Entactinia vulgaris, Entactinia spongites, Entactinia paula, Entactinia spinosa, Entactinia brilonensis, Entactinia carbonica, Entactinia monalloea, Entactinia cometes, Entactinia morii, Entactinia hirsuta, Entactinia crustescens, Entactinia spinifera, Entactinia bogdanovi, Entactinia ximengensis, Entactinia xinjiangensis, Astroentactinia radiata, Astroentactinia praeacudura, Astroentactinia porosa, Astroentactinia spatiosa, Astroentactinia biaciculata, Astroentactinia tikhomirovi, Astroentactinia digitosa, Astroentactinia speciosa, Astroentactinia mendosa, Astroentactinia ramificans, Astroentactinia miscella, Astroentactinia inscita, Astroentactinia crassata, Astroentactinia deorsiacus, Astroentactinia formosa, Astroentactinia capitanensis, Astroentactinia pauxilla, Astroentactinia erinacea, Astroentactinia tantilla, Astroentactinia vishnevskayae, Astroentactinia stellaesimilis, Astroentactinia echinosimilis, Astroentactinia crubellata, Astroentactinia stellata, Astroentactinia rusaevi, Astroentactinia valentiniae, Astroentactinia paronae, Astroentactinia luxuria, Astroentactinia mirousi, Apophysisphaera membranacea, Apophysisphaera parva, Apophysisphaera rosae

Type specimen: G1303, a test. Its type locality is Pillara Range, SE of Menyous Gap, Canning Basin, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm shale/limestone in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pillara Range, SE of Menyous Gap, Canning Basin

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