Leiosphaeridia is a form-genus of
acritarchs proposed by Eisenack in 1958. The grouping was refined to represent a more natural group by Jankauskas.
Some leiosphaerid acritarchs have been recognised as
vaucheriacean algæ
Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from u ...
.
The class represents shallow-water environments.
See also
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Leiosphaeridia
''Leiosphaeridia'' is an extinct genus of algae
Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct cla ...
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References
Acritarchs
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