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Hystrichosphaeridium zoharyi

"Hystrichosphaeridium zoharyi" Rossignol, 1962, p.132, pl.2, fig.10.

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

HISTORY: NOW: Polysphaeridium. 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.26,127) - however, Tenua taugourdeaui is now considered a taxonomic junior synonym of Polysphaeridium subtile; Membranilarnacia delicata, according to Jain and Garg (1991, p.82).

COMMENTS: Motile equivalents: Pyrodinium bahamense Plate, 1906, according to Wall and Dale (1969, p.140); Pyrodinium bahamense forma compressum Böhm, 1931, according to Matsuoka (1989, p.220).

AGE: Pleistocene.


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