Nematosphaeropsis Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.268.
EMENDATIONS:
Williams and Downie, 1966c, p.222;
Wrenn, 1988, p.137.
SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms:
Trabeculidium,
according to
Stover and Williams (1987,
p.217) - however,
Sarjeant (1989,
p.93) retained
Trabeculidium;
Pterococcus
Lohmann (an illegitimate name) and Coccopterus,
by implication in
Reid (1974,
p.592) and
Fensome et al. (1993b,
p.93),
who included the "type species",
Pterococcus
(subsequently
Coccopterum)
labyrinthus,
in
Nematosphaeropsis.
COMMENTS: This name was not validly published in
Deflandre and Cookson (1954, p.1237), since these authors did not provided a description.
TYPE: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, pl.8, fig.5, as
Nematosphaeropsis balcombiana.
Species:
DINOFLAJ (c) 1998
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