Protozoa - Nassellaria - Cannobotryidae
Parent taxon: Acanthodesmiacea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sharma and Takahashi 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthodesmiidae, Artostrobiidae, Bulbocyrtiidae, Carpocaniidae, Cuniculiformidae, Monicastericidae, Paratympanidae, Planispinocyrtiidae, Pterocorythidae, Rotaformidae, Sethophormididae, Spongolophophenidae, Spongosilicarmigeridae, Stephaniidae, Theopiliidae, Triospyrididae
Subtaxa: Acanthobotrys Acrobotrys Amphimelissa Bisphaerocephalina Bisphaerocephalus Botryocampe Botryocylinder Botryocyrtis Botryometra Botryopyle Cannobotrys Centrobotrys Cornutovum Disolenia Neobotrys Pylobotrys Rhopalosyringium Saccospyris
Type: Cannobotrys
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
• Eocene of Peru (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Nunavut), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Italy (13), Japan (8), Malaysia (5), North Pacific (1), Poland (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 42 collections including 71 occurrences