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

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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