Chitonastrum Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongaster, Spongodiscus, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylodictya, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chitonastrum in the database

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