Lophophaena Ehrenberg 1847 (radiolarian)

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

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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

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