Protozoa - Entactinaria - Rhizosphaeridae
Parent taxon: Entactinaria according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Aciferopylorum, Braginella, Centrocubidae, Cromyostylus, Cyclocarpus, Ellisus, Entactiniidae, Eptingiidae, Haplentactiniidae, Helioentactinia, Heptacladidae, Hexalonchidae, Hexastylidae, Hindeosphaeridae, Hollandocachoniidae, Inaniguttidae, Induropilarius, Isometractiniidae, Kahlerosphaera, Kungalariidae, Multiarcusellidae, Odoghertitidae, Palaeolithocycliidae, Palaeopentactinorbis, Palaeoscenidiidae, Paleoxiphosphaera, Pentactinocarpidae, Polyentactiniidae, Protoentactiniacea, Proventocitidae, Pylentonemidae, Quinquecapsulariidae, Radium, Saturnalidae, Spongoentactinella, Spongosaturnaloididae, Staurolonchidium, Stylodiscus, Tetrentactiniidae, Thalassothamnidae, Triposphaera, Triumbraculidae
Subtaxa: Elatommura Haliommilla Rhizosphaera
Type: Rhizosphaera
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
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