Protozoa - Collodaria - Collosphaeridae
Synonym: Acrosphaera Haeckel 1881 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Collosphaeridae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Suzuki 2009
Sister taxa: Buccinosphaera, Collosphaera, Otosphaera, Trisolenia
Subtaxa: Acrosphaera glitzii Acrosphaera herzynica Acrosphaera spinosa Acrosphaera xinhui Polysolenia setosa
Type: Polysolenia setosa
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (16 collections)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (5), North Pacific (20), Southern Ocean (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (10), South Pacific (4), Southern Ocean (1)
• Miocene of North Pacific (5), Southern Ocean (16)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 81 collections including 104 occurrences
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