Anthocyrtis Ehrenberg 1847 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae

Synonym: Anthocyrtella Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Theoperidae according to S. V. Tochilina et al. 2017

See also De Wever et al. 2001, Loeblich and Tappan 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Suzuki 2009

Sister taxa: Lychnocanium, Rhopalocanium, Sethochytris, Gondwanaria, Rhopalatractus, Theopera, Pterosyringium, Dictyophimus, Theopodium, Eusyringium, Valkyria, Lithostrobus, Dictyopodium, Udan, Cyrtopera, Ectonocorys, Theocorys, Lithochytris, Theophaena, Tetracapsa

Subtaxa: Anthocyrtella (Anthocyrtissa) Anthocyrtella (Anthocyrtura) Anthocyrtella mespilus

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Type: Anthocyrtis mespilus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Anthocyrtis in the database

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