Disolenia Ehrenberg 1861 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Cannobotryidae

Full reference: C. G. Ehrenberg. 1861. Uber den Tiefgrund des stillen Oceans zwischen Californien und den Sandwich-Inseln aus bis 15600' Tiefe nach Lieut. Brooke. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 819-834

Parent taxon: Cannobotryidae according to D. Boltovskoy 1998

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthobotrys, Acrobotrys, Amphimelissa, Bisphaerocephalina, Bisphaerocephalus, Botryocampe, Botryocylinder, Botryocyrtis, Botryometra, Botryopyle, Cannobotrys, Centrobotrys, Cornutovum, Neobotrys, Pylobotrys, Rhopalosyringium, Saccospyris

Subtaxa: Disolenia follis

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Disolenia in the database

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