Botryopera Haeckel 1887 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Lophophaenidae

Synonym: Trisulcus Popofsky 1913

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

See also Popofsky 1913

Sister taxa: Amphiplecta, Antarctissa, Arachnocorallium, Arachnocorys, Archiperidium, Archipilium, Ceratocyrtis, Dimelissa, Lampromitra, Lamprotripus, Lophophaena, Lophophaenoma, Marimoum, Ovum, Peromelissa, Phormacantha, Plectacantha, Pseudocubus, Pseudodictyophimus, Steganocubus, Syscioscenium, Tripodocyrtis

Subtaxa: Botryopera chlamida Trisulcus laqueatus

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)

• Jurassic of United States (2: Connecticut, Massachusetts)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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