Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spumellaria according to G. K. Sharma and K. Takahashi 2007
See also Kiessling 1999
Sister taxa: Acaeniotylidae, Acanthopyle, Adiyamanium, Allocyrtium, Amphicyclia, Amphisphaera, Amphistylus, Anakrusidae, Angulobracchiidae, Antygoporidae, Archaeospongoprunidae, Artiscus, Aspiculumidae, Astractura, Astrococcus, Astrocyclia, Astromma, Astrosestrum, Astrosphaeridae, Beatricea, Bernoulliidae, Bipylospongia, Bolenidae, Callosphaera, Caltrop, Cannartidium, Cannartiscus, Cannartus, Capnuchosphaeridae, Caspiaza, Caucasicus, Cavaspongiidae, Cenodiscaella, Cenolarcopyle, Coccodiscidae, Coccolarcus, Conocaryommidae, Conosphaera, Cromyodruppocarpus, Cromyostaurolonche, Cryptolarancium, Cubotholonium, Cyrtiphaeronemium, Dactyliosphaeridae, Devoniglansus, Dicoccura, Dictyastrum, Didactylum, Diplactura, Distriactis, Domuzdagiidae, Doryconthidium, Dorydictyum, Dorydiscus, Dorydruppa, Dorylonchidium, Doryphacus, Doryplegma, Dorysphaera, Druppastylus, Druppocarpus, Druppula, Echinomma, Ellipsidium, Ellipsostylus, Emiluviidae, Entactiniacae, Entapiidae, Fontinella, Foremanella, Formanhelena, Franklinia, Futobari, Glomeropyle, Hagiastridae, Halidictyum, Haliomma, Haplopolus, Haplotaeniatumidae, Heliocladus, Heliodiscidae, Heliosoma, Heterosestrum, Hexacladus, Hexacromyum, Hexadoras, Hexaloncharium, Hexaporobrachiidae, Hexapylomellidae, Hexastylarium, Hymenactura, Kalimnasphaera, Kreyzstella, Labyrinthia, Lampasa, Larcidium, Larnacalpis, Larnacantha, Larnacillidae, Liosphaera, Lithapium, Lithatractus, Melittosphaera, Mendacastridae, Miropylidae, Natraglia, Ommatocampe, Ommatodiscus, Ommatospyris, Orbiculopylorum, Orosphaeridae, Orostaurs, Palaeotetraphyle, Pantanelliidae, Parabeothuka, Parasaturnalidae, Paratriassoastridae, Paratriassoastrum, Parvivaccidae, Patulibracchiidae, Pentactinocapus, Pentactura, Pentalastrum, Pentasphaera, Phacotriactis, Phantum, Phorticum, Phyletripes, Pipetta, Pipettaria, Plegmosphaera, Plussatispila, Praeconocaryommidae, Primaritripus, Prunocarpus, Pseudoacanthocircidae, Pseudoacanthosphaera, Pseudoaulophacidae, Pseudosaturnalis, Pyloniacea, Pyloniidae, Pyramispongiidae, Quasibeothuka, Rhodosphaera, Rhopalodictyum, Saturnaliacea, Schizodiscus, Sethodiscinus, Sethostaurus, Spironium, Spongasteriscus, Spongiomma, Spongoacanthus, Spongobrachium, Spongocoelia, Spongodiscacea, Spongolonche, Spongopalliidae, Spongophacus, Spongosphaeradiscus, Sponguracea, Sponguridae, Srakaeosphaera, Stauracontium, Staurancistra, Staurococcura, Staurocromyum, Staurocyclia, Staurodictya, Staurodoras, Stauroplegma, Staurostylus, Stomatodiscus, Streblacantha, Stylosphaeridae, Stylostaurus, Styptosphaera, Suttoniidae, Tauridastrum, Tetrapylonium, Tetrarectangulum, Tetrasphaera, Tetriastrum, Thalassicola, Theodiscus, Tholomura, Tholoniidae, Tipperella, Trematodiscoidea, Trigonocyclia, Triplococcus, Tripodictya, Tritrabidae, Trochodiscus, Veghicycliidae, Vinassaspongus, Vitorfidae, Xiphodictya, Xiphostaurus, Zadrappolus, Zhuangodiscus, Zonodiscus
Subtaxa: Amphirhopalum Chitonastrum Dictyocorine Dictyocoryne Euchitonia Haliodictya Hymeniastrum Ommatogramma Porodiscus Rhopalastrum Spongaster Spongodiscus Spongotripus Spongotrochus Stylochlamydium Stylodictya Stylospongia Teichertus Tesserastrum Tholodiscus Trigonastrum
Type: Spongodiscus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (28 collections)
• Neodenticula seminae of North Pacific (3)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (2)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (3), Japan (8), North Pacific (639), Southern Ocean (24)
• C2 of North Pacific (6)
• Neodenticula koizumii of North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (12), South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), North Pacific (135), South Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (29)
• Neodenticula kamtschatica of North Pacific (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (8), Southern Ocean (1)
• Miocene of Japan (1), North Pacific (78), South Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (21)
• Eocene of South Pacific (13)
• Paleocene of China (1), New Zealand (48)
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Nunavut), Czechia (1), Germany (2), Italy (29), Japan (14), New Zealand (11), Oman (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (16)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (14), Austria (1), Canada (13: British Columbia), China (1), Germany (8), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (12), Japan (11), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Oman (3), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (4), Slovakia (11), Slovenia (4), Switzerland (1), United States (4: California, Oregon)
• Triassic of Albania (1), Austria (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), Japan (2)
• Permian of China (8)
Total: 1268 collections including 2620 occurrences