Spongaster Ehrenberg 1860 (radiolarian)
Radiolaria - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Perichlamydium, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongodiscus, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylodictya, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore