Spongodiscidae

Spongodiscidae
Spongotrochus rhabdostylus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Rhizaria
Phylum:
Retaria
Subphylum:
Radiolaria
Class:
Polycystinea
Order:
Spumellaria
Family:
Spongodiscidae
Genera

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

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]

  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.