Actinocyclus dimorphus (Castracane) D.M.Harwood & T.Maruyama 1992

Publication Details
Actinocyclus dimorphus (Castracane) D.M.Harwood & T.Maruyama 1992: 700, pl. 12: fig. 16?; pl. 13: fig. 3-5; pl. 17: fig. 19-20

Published in: Harwood, D.M. & Maruyama, T. (1992). Middle Eocene to Pleistocene diatom biostratigraphy of Southern Ocean sediments from the Kerguelen Plateau, Leg 120. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 120: 683-733.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Actinocyclus is Actinocyclus octonarius Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Coscinodiscus dimorphus Castracane

Type Information
Type locality: "... collected in the South Atlantic."; (Castracane 1886: 157)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), having two forms, e.g., two morphotypes in the same life history (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 June 2022

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