Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Lophophaenidae
Parent taxon: Nassellaria according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Loeblich and Tappan 1961
Sister taxa: Abnormisphaera, Acanthodesmiacea, Acerahedrina, Acerocanium, Acidnomelos, Acotripus, Acropyramididae, Adelocyrtis, Afens, Amphipyndacea, Anisicyrtiidae, Anthocyrtoma, Archaeodictyomitracea, Archaeosemantidae, Archeeucyrtis, Archicorys, Archocyrtiidae, Ares, Artoperina, Artostrobium, Ayrtonius, Barbutidae, Bathrocalpis, Belleza, Botryocella, Calyptocoryphe, Canelonus, Canesium, Carterwhalenia, Cephalopyramis, Cladospyris, Clathrospyris, Collicyrtidium, Confiroma, Corocalyptra, Cortiniscus, Crubidae, Cryptocapsa, Cryptopora, Cuniculiformiidae, Cyrtocalpis, Cyrtoidea, Deflandrecyrtiidae, Dendrocircus, Diacanthocapsidae, Dictyospyris, Dipodospyris, Distylocapsa, Eucyrtidiacea, Eucyrtidiellidae, Ewingella, Farcidae, Favosyringium, Foremanellinidae, Foremania, Foremaniella, Globolaxtorum, Glycobotrys, Haliphormis, Heloringulum, Hexapylocapsidae, Hilarisiregidae, Homeoarchicorys, Hsuuidae, Japonocampe, Kassina, Krempelinella, Kuppelella, Laxuscingula, Lithobotrys, Lithocampana, Lithocarpium, Lithomitra, Lithornithium, Livarellidae, Lophoconus, Lophocorys, Lychnodictyum, Minutusolla, Monosera, Morosyringium, Mostlericyrtium, Muellericyrtiidae, Nabolellidae, Nabollellidae, Nebespecha, Neosciadiocapsidae, Octotympanum, Perseus, Phaenocalpis, Phaenoscenium, Phormocampe, Plagiacanthidae, Plagionium, Plagoniidae, Platycryphalus, Plectopyramis, Podocoronis, Popofskyellidae, Poulpidae, Pseudosaturniformidae, Quarkus, Quasipetosus, Religa, Ruesticyrtiidae, Salpingocapsa, Sanfilippoellidae, Schadelfussdlerus, Senelella, Sethocapsidae, Sethocyrtis, Sethodiscus, Sethoperidae, Sethopilium, Siphocampium, Solidea, Sphaerospyris, Spinomersinellidae, Spirocampe, Spongomelissa, Spyrida, Stampfliellidae, Stephaniscus, Stichocampe, Stichocapsidae, Stichophormis, Stylocryptocapsa, Syringium, Telacapsulidae, Tertoniidae, Tetrarrhabda, Tetraspinocyrtiidae, Theocapsa, Theophormis, Trexus, Triassocampidae, Triassocyrtium, Tricolocampe, Tripedurnulidae, Tripilidium, Tripocalpis, Tripocyrtis, Tripodiscium, Tripodonium, Tripodospyris, Tripophaenoscenium, Trissopilium, Ultranaporidae, Urocyrtis, Williriedellidae, Windalia, Xipha, Xiphothecaellidae
Subtaxa: Amphiplecta Antarctissa Arachnocorallium Arachnocorys Archiperidium Archipilium Botryopera Ceratocyrtis Dimelissa Lampromitra Lamprotripus Lophophaena Lophophaenoma Marimoum Ovum Peromelissa Phormacantha Plectacantha Pseudocubus Pseudodictyophimus Steganocubus Syscioscenium Tripodocyrtis
Type: Lophophaena
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (5 collections)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1), Japan (8), North Pacific (25), Southern Ocean (34)
• Neodenticula koizumii of North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (3), Southern Ocean (38)
• Neodenticula kamtschatica of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Southern Ocean (1)
• Miocene of North Pacific (4), Southern Ocean (18)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (1)
• Eocene of South Pacific (1)
• Paleocene of China (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Japan (1), Türkiye (1), United States (2: Connecticut, Massachusetts)
Total: 149 collections including 279 occurrences