Acrosphaera

Acrosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the Collosphaeridae. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).

Species

The following species are recognized:

• Acrosphaera arktios <small>(Nigrini, 1970)</small>
• Acrosphaera cyrtodon <small>(Haeckel) Strelkov & Reshetnyak, 1971</small>
• Acrosphaera lappacea <small>(Haeckel) Johnson & Nigrini, 1980</small>
• Acrosphaera murrayana <small>(Haeckel) Hilmers, 1906</small>
• Acrosphaera spinosa <small>Caulet, 1986</small>
• Acrosphaera trepanata

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