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Hystrichosphaeridium centrocarpum

"Hystrichosphaeridium centrocarpum" Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.272-273, pl.8, figs.3-4.

TYPE: Holotype: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, pl.8, figs.3-4; Matsuoka et al., 1997, pl.1, figs.1-6.

HISTORY: NOW: Operculodinium centrocarpum. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium centrocarpum, subsequently Baltisphaeridium centrocarpum (Appendix A), thirdly Cordosphaeridium centrocarpum, fourthly Cordosphaeridium tiara subsp. centrocarpum, fifthly (and now) Operculodinium centrocarpum, sixthly Cordosphaeridium microtriainum subsp. centrocarpum, seventhly Cleistosphaeridium centrocarpum.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Operculodinium? echigoense, according to Matsuoka et al. (1997, p.22); Membranilarnacia delicata, according to Jain (1980, p.140).

MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Gonyaulax grindleyi Reinecke, 1967, according to Wall and Dale (1966, p.1025-1026) - however, see Matsuoka et al.

COMMENTS: (1997, p.24,26,30). [Gonyaulax grindleyi is a taxonomic junior synonym of Peridinium reticulatum Claparède and Lachmann, 1859, according to Dodge (1989, p.294).]

AGE: Miocene.


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