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Coccopterum labyrinthus

"*Coccopterum labyrinthus" (Ostenfeld, 1903, p.578, fig.127) Silva, 1970, p.942.

TYPE: Holotype: Ostenfeld, 1903, fig.127.

HISTORY: NOW: Nematosphaeropsis. Originally Pterosperma (Appendix A), subsequently Pterococcus (combination illegitimate), thirdly Coccopterum, fourthly (and now) Nematosphaeropsis.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Nematosphaeropsis balcombiana, according to Reid (1974, p.592) - however, Wrenn (1988, p.139) retained Nematosphaeropsis balcombiana.

MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède and Lachmann, 1859) Diesing, 1866, according to Dodge (1989, p.289).

ETYMOLOGY: N.I.A.

AGE: extant.


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