Polycystina

Wikispecies

New Latin, Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) + -ina

Polycystina

1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Radiozoa – including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.

• (class): Polycystinea (class)

• Polycystinia (superclass)

• “Polycystina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.