Polycystina - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Alternative combination: Saturnalis simplex
Belongs to Acanthocircus according to De Wever 1981
Sister taxa: Acanthocircus breviaculeatus, Acanthocircus calvus, Acanthocircus carinatus, Acanthocircus dumitricai, Acanthocircus echinocircus, Acanthocircus euganeus, Acanthocircus hueyi, Acanthocircus italicus, Acanthocircus minimus, Acanthocircus moctezumaensis, Acanthocircus preclarus, Acanthocircus rotundus, Acanthocircus spelae, Acanthocircus spinifer, Acanthocircus suboblongus, Acanthocircus trizonalis, Acanthocircus tympanum, Acanthocircus variabilis, Acanthocircus venetus, Acanthocircus yaoi
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2 collections), Germany (1), Italy (2), the Philippines (4), Turkey (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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