Spumellaria

Spumellaria
Exoskeletons of (mostly) Spumellaria
(Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur, 1904)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Radiozoa
Class: Polycystinea
Order: Spumellaria
Ehrenberg, 1875
Families

More than 40, see text

Spumellaria is a radiolarian protists order in the class Polycystinea.

Families
  • Heliodiscidae
  • Hexaporobrachiidae
  • Larnacillidae
  • Leugeonidae
  • Litheliidae
  • Miropylidae
  • Myelastridae
  • Oertlispongidae
  • Orbiculiformidae
  • Pantanelliidae
  • Parasaturnalidae
  • Parvivaccidae
  • Patulibracchiidae
  • Patruliidae
  • Phacodiscidae

In addition, several taxa in this order are still considered incertae sedis.


Data related to Spumellaria at Wikispecies


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