Acrosphaera
Genus of radiolaria
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Acrosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the Collosphaeridae.[1] The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2][3] It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).[4]
| Acrosphaera | |
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| Illustration of Acrosphaera spinosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Class: | Polycystina |
| Order: | Nassellaria |
| Family: | Collozoidae |
| Subfamily: | Collosphaeridae |
| Genus: | Acrosphaera |
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5; see text | |
Species
The following species are recognized:[1]
- Acrosphaera arktios (Nigrini, 1970)
- Acrosphaera cyrtodon (Haeckel) Strelkov & Reshetnyak, 1971
- Acrosphaera lappacea (Haeckel) Johnson & Nigrini, 1980
- Acrosphaera murrayana (Haeckel) Hilmers, 1906
- Acrosphaera spinosa Caulet, 1986
- Acrosphaera trepanata
