Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Alternative combination: Saturnalis italicus
Belongs to Acanthocircus according to Donofrio and Mostler 1978
Sister taxa: Acanthocircus breviaculeatus, Acanthocircus calvus, Acanthocircus carinatus, Acanthocircus dumitricai, Acanthocircus echinocircus, Acanthocircus euganeus, Acanthocircus hueyi, Acanthocircus minimus, Acanthocircus moctezumaensis, Acanthocircus preclarus, Acanthocircus rotundus, Acanthocircus simplex, Acanthocircus spelae, Acanthocircus spinifer, Acanthocircus suboblongus, Acanthocircus trizonalis, Acanthocircus tympanum, Acanthocircus variabilis, Acanthocircus venetus, Acanthocircus yaoi
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Oman (1 collection), the Philippines (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Italy (1), 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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