Protozoa - Spumellaria - Astrosphaeridae
Parent taxon: Astrosphaeridae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Lazarus et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Arachnosphaera, Astrosphaera, Astrosphaerinae, Astrospongus, Diplosphaera, Drymosphaera, Elaphococcus, Haeckeliella, Haplosphaera, Heliosphaera, Hexancistra, Hexapyramis, Leptosphaera, Lychnosphaera, Porococcus, Rhizoplegma, Rhizospongus, Thalassoplegma
Subtaxa: Cladococcus bifurcus Cladococcus lychnosphaerae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of North Pacific (4)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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