Stylosphaeridae

Stylosphaeridae
Stylosphaera melpomene
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Rhizaria
Phylum: Radiolaria
Class: Polycystinea
Order: Spumellaria
Family: Stylosphaeridae
Haeckel, 1881
Genera

Druppatractus
Lithomespilus
Praestylosphaera
Protoxiphotractus
Spongatractus
Spongostylus
Staurolonche
Stylatractus
Stylosphaera
Xiphatractus

Stylosphaeridae is a radiolarian protists family in the order Spumellaria. According to the original description by Ernst Haeckel, members of the family have a spherical central capsule within a fenestrated spherical siliceous shell, with two radial spines opposite in one axis. They are solitary. i.e. not associated in colonies.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ernst Haeckel (1887). "Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876.". p. 121. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

External links

Data related to Stylosphaeridae at Wikispecies