Crucella Pessagno 1971 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae

Synonym: Advena Hull 1997

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

See also Hull 1997, O'Dogherty et al. 2009, Pessagno and Hull 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeohagiastrum, Hagiastrum, Higumastra, Monotrabs, Pobum, Pseudocrucella, Pseudohagiastrum, Pseudohigumastra, Pterotrabs, Savaryella, Sophia, Tetraditryma, Tetraporobrachia, Tetratrabs, Udalia

Subtaxa: Crucella angulosa Crucella beata Crucella cachensis Crucella carteri Crucella cavata Crucella collina Crucella concinna Crucella espartoensis Crucella flowerpotensis Crucella hettangica Crucella irwini Crucella jadeae Crucella kaisunensis Crucella magna Crucella messinae Crucella mexicana Crucella mijo Crucella mirabunda Crucella plana Crucella prisca Crucella spongase Crucella squama Crucella tenuis Crucella theokaftensis

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Albania (2 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (2: Nunavut), Denmark (8), Germany (2), Greece (4), India (1), Italy (85), Japan (7), Oman (5), the Philippines (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (9), Slovakia (2), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Turkey (4), United States (11: California)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1), Mexico (1)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (17), Argentina (1), Austria (2), Canada (80: British Columbia), Germany (6), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Japan (9), Mexico (22), New Zealand (2), Oman (2), Peru (1), the Philippines (5), the Russian Federation (3), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (3), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Turkey (12), United States (14: Alaska, California, Oregon)

• Triassic of Canada (23: British Columbia), the Philippines (1), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (7), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 380 collections including 689 occurrences

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