Spumellaria

Spumellaria
Exoskeletons of (mostly) Spumellaria
(Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur, 1904)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Rhizaria
Phylum: Radiolaria
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
  • Phaseliformidae
  • Praeconocaryommidae
  • Pseudoacanthocircidae
  • Pseudoaulophacidae
  • Pyloniidae
  • Pyramispongiidae
  • Relindellidae
  • Spongodiscidae
  • Sponguridae
  • Stylosphaeridae
  • Thalassicollidae
  • Tholoniidae
  • Tritrabidae
  • Veghicycliidae
  • Xiphostylidae

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

External links

Data related to Spumellaria at Wikispecies