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Polysphaeridium zoharyi

Polysphaeridium zoharyi (Rossignol, 1962, p.132, pl.2, fig.10) Bujak et al., 1980, p.34.

TYPE: Holotype: Rossignol, 1962, pl.2, fig.10.

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Polysphaeridium? (combination not validly published), thirdly Hemicystodinium, fourthly (and now) Polysphaeridium.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Polysphaeridium subtile, according to Islam (1983b, p.343) - however, Lentin and Williams (1989, p.300) retained Polysphaeridium subtile; Tenua (as Hemicystodinium?) taugourdeaui, according to Lentin and Williams (1981, p.27,127) - however, Tenua taugourdeaui is now considered a taxonomic junior synonym of Polysphaeridium subtile; Membranilarnacia delicata, according to Jain and Garg (1991, p.82).

MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Pyrodinium bahamense Plate, 1906, according to Wall and Dale (1969, p.140); Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum (Böhm, 1931) Steidinger et al., 1980, according to Matsuoka (1989, p.220).

COMMENTS: Matsuoka (1983a, p.16) considered Hystrichosphaera (as Hystrichosphaeridium) intermedia to be the possible taxonomic senior synonym of this species. This combination, as a questionable assignment, was not validly published in Davey and Williams (1966b, p.95), since these authors did not fully reference the basionym.

AGE: Pleistocene.


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