Rhabdothorax Kamptner ex K.R.Gaarder & B.R.Heimdal, 1973
Holotype species: Rhabdothorax erinaceus (Kamptner) Kamptner ex K.R.Gaarder & B.R.Heimdal
Publication details: Kamptner ex K.R.Gaarder & B.R.Heimdal, 1973: 97
Currently accepted name for the type species: Scrippsiella erinacea (Kamptner) J.Kretschmann, C.Zinssmeister & M.Gottschling
Original publication and holotype designation: Gaarder, K.R. & Heimdal, B.R. (1973). Light and scanning electron microscope oberservations on Rhabdothorax regale (Gaarder) Gaarder nov. comb. Norwegian Journal of Botany 20: 89-97, 19 figs.
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Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scrippsiella.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Elbrächter, M., Gottschling, M., Hildebrand-Habel, T., Keupp, H., Kohring, R., Lewis, J., Meier, K.J.S., Montresor, M., Streng, M., Versteegh, G.J.M., Willems, H. & Zonneveld, K. (2008). Establishing an agenda for calcareous dinoflagellate research (Thoracosphaeraceae, Dinophyceae) including a nomenclatural synopsis of generic names. Taxon 57(4): 1289-1303.
Nomenclatural note
"The generic name Rhabdothorax is validly published even though the proposed name for its type, Rhabdothorax erinaceus, is not validly published; this is because the basionym, Rhabdosphaera erinacea, is a validly published name." (Gaarder & B.R.Heimdal 1973). - (16 July 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
According to Janofske (2000: 180), Rhabdothorax Kamptner ex Gaardner & Heimdal is a synonym of Scrippsiella Balech ex Loeblich emend. Janofske. - (16 April 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025
