Meringosphaera
{{Short description|Genus of Centrohelids}}
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| classis = Centrohelida
| genus = Meringosphaera
| domain = Eukaryota
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Meringosphaera is a genus of protists belonging to the Centrohelids.
The species of this genus are reported to have worldwide distribution{{cite journal | last=Zlatogursky | first=Vasily V. | last2=Shɨshkin | first2=Yegor | last3=Drachko | first3=Daria | last4=Burki | first4=Fabien | title=The long‐time orphan protist Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann, 1902 [1903] is a centrohelid heliozoan | journal=Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology | volume=68 | issue=5 | date=2021 | issn=1066-5234 | doi=10.1111/jeu.12860 | page=|biorxiv=10.1101/2021.03.17.435794|pmid=34048133 |s2cid=232327323| url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2021/03/19/2021.03.17.435794.full.pdf }} including in Eurasia, Africa and Northern America.{{cite web |title=Meringosphaera Lohmann, 1903 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3201429 |access-date=30 April 2021 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}
- Meringosphaera aculeata {{small|Pascher}}
- Meringosphaera mediterranea {{small|Lohmann}}
- Meringosphaera spinosa {{small|Prescott}}
- Meringosphaera tenerrima {{small|Schiller}}