Polyascosoecia Canu, 1920

Type species: Polyascosoecia cancellata Canu, 1920

Synonym of Crisidmonea according to Bassler, 1953. Valid in Zágoršek, 2003.

Polyascoecia was defined twice: by Canu (1920, published May), with the type species "Idmonea cancellata Reuss, 1848". This is not an available name, as Reuss had identified his material with Retepora cancellata Goldfuss, 1829. This latter is the type species of Crisidmonea Marsson 1887. As the definition by Canu is based on a misidentification, the species Polyascosoecia cancellata Canu, 1920 is considered as available, and is the type species for Polyascosoecia Canu 1920 (Zágoršek, 2003). Also in 1920, but later (published 30 June), Canu & Bassler defined the new genus Polyascosoecia, with the type species Polyascosoecia coronopus Canu & Bassler 1920, which is a nomen nudum. This species is considered as a synonym of P. cancellata Canu, 1920.

This genus includes the species:

Polyascosoecia cancellata	Canu, 1920	Cretaceous-Pliocene	Europe, USA	WoRMS 1406605
Polyascosoecia imbricata	Canu & Bassler, 1920	Paleogene Eocene Priabonian	USA Mississippi	WoRMS 1406606
Polyascosoecia iranica	Zágoršek, Yazdi, & Bahrami, 2017	Paleogene Oligocene- Neogene Miocene	Iran	WoRMS 1406607
Polyascosoecia jacksonica	Canu & Bassler, 1920	Paleogene Eocene Priabonian	USA southeast	WoRMS 1406608
Polyascosoecia pseudolichenoides	Voigt, 1987	Paleogene Paleocene Danian	Germany	WoRMS 1406609
Polyascosoecia punctata	(Busk, 1859)	Late Cretaceous	France	WoRMS 1412976
Polyascosoecia sparsa	(Reuss, 1864)	Eocene-Oligocene	Europe, Egypt	WoRMS 1412977

For discussion, see Zágoršek, 2003.