Lophophaena Ehrenberg 1847 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Lophophaenidae
Parent taxon: Lophophaenidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphiplecta, Antarctissa, Arachnocorallium, Arachnocorys, Archiperidium, Archipilium, Botryopera, Ceratocyrtis, Dimelissa, Lampromitra, Lamprotripus, Lophophaenoma, Marimoum, Ovum, Peromelissa, Phormacantha, Plectacantha, Pseudocubus, Pseudodictyophimus, Steganocubus, Syscioscenium, Tripodocyrtis
Subtaxa: Lophophaena galea
Type: Lophophaena galea
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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