Protozoa - Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae
Parent taxon: Acanthodesmiacea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Acanthodesmiidae, Bulbocyrtiidae, Cannobotryidae, Carpocaniidae, Cuniculiformidae, Monicastericidae, Paratympanidae, Planispinocyrtiidae, Pterocorythidae, Rotaformidae, Sethophormididae, Spongolophophenidae, Spongosilicarmigeridae, Stephaniidae, Theopiliidae, Triospyrididae
Subtaxa: Artostobium Dictyoprora Eribotrys Phormostichoartus Pseudotheocampe Siphocampe Siphostichartus Spirocyrtis Theocampe Theocamptra
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (5 collections)
• Neodenticula seminae of North Pacific (1)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (2)
• Quaternary of Japan (8), North Pacific (152), Southern Ocean (2)
• C2 of North Pacific (7)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (70), Southern Ocean (1)
• Neodenticula kamtschatica of North Pacific (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (8)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Japan (1), North Pacific (240), Southern Ocean (3)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (4), North Pacific (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Pacific (2)
• Eocene of Cyprus (6), North Atlantic (6), North Pacific (167), Peru (1), South Pacific (42)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (46), South Pacific (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Costa Rica (1), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (3), Japan (15), New Zealand (13), North Pacific (1), the Russian Federation (2), Türkiye (1)
Total: 829 collections including 1279 occurrences