Receptaculites Defrance, 1827
Holotype species: Receptaculites neptuni Defrance
Publication details: Defrance, 1827: 5
Original publication and holotype designation: Defrance, J.L.M. (1827). Réceptaculite. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 45: 5-7.
Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-05-12 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.
Nomenclatural note
"Dasycladales Receptaculitidae" according to some sources; originally published as fossil Polyp. - (06 June 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025