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Acanthophractida

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Subphylum
  
Radiolaria

Scientific name
  
Acanthophractida

Phylum
  
Retaria

Class
  
Acantharea

Rank
  
Order

Acanthophractida is an order of marine radiolarians in the subclass Acantharia; skeleton includes a latticework shell and skeletal rods". They have a latticework shell, which can be spherical or ovoid and fused with the skeletal rods. The shell is concentric with the central capsule. "The body is usually covered with a single or double gelatinous sheath through which the skeletal rods emerge".

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Acanthophractida Wikipedia