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Appendix A

Distephanus sirius

"Distephanus sirius" (Ehrenberg, 1844a) Haeckel (according to Schütt, 1891, p.20).

TYPE: Holotype: Ehrenberg, 1854, pl.18, fig.59.

STATUS: Name not validly published: see discussion under Actiniscus sirius.

HISTORY: NOW: Actiniscus. Originally (and now) Actiniscus (name not validly published), subsequently Dictyocha (name not validly published, Appendix A), thirdly Distephanus (name not validly published), fourthly Gymnaster, fifthly (and now) Actiniscus.

ETYMOLOGY: N.I.A.

AGE: Miocene.


Infraspecific taxa:


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