Polysolenia Ehrenberg 1872 (radiolarian)

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

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Type: Polysolenia setosa

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at W 19A Inokovka, 17.5 m (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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