Subfamily Carpocaniinae Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Parent taxon: Carpocaniidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carpocanarium, Carpocanobium, Cystophormis, Diacanthocapsinae
Subtaxa: Artobotrys Carpocanistrum Carpocanium Carpocanopsis
Type: Carpocanium
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Fundo Desbarrancado (Eocene of Peru)