Spongodiscidae

Spongodiscidae is a family of radiolarians in the order Spumellaria. According to the original description by Ernst Haeckel, members of the family have a flat discoidal shell, in which a simple spherical central chamber is surrounded by an irregular spongy framework.[1]

Spongodiscidae
Spongotrochus rhabdostylus
Scientific classification
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Spongodiscidae
Genera

Amphirhopalum
Chitonastrum
Dictyocoryne
Euchitonia
Hymeniastrum
Perichlamydium
Porodiscus
Rhopalastrum
Spongaster
Spongodiscus
Spongotripus
Spongotrochus
Stylochlamydium
Stylodictya
Stylospongia
Stylotrochus
Teichertus
Tessarastrum
Tholodiscus
Trigonastrum

References

  1. Ernst Haeckel (1887). "Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876". p. 576. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

Data related to Spongodiscidae at Wikispecies

Stylotrochus geddesii


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