Sphaerodinella arctica (Gilbert & Clark) Keupp & Versteegh 1989

Publication Details
Sphaerodinella arctica (Gilbert & Clark) Keupp & Versteegh 1989: 210

Published in: Keupp, H. & Versteegh, G.J.M. (1989). Ein neues systematisches Konzept fuer kalkige Dinoflagellaten-Zysten der Subfamilie Orthopithonelloideae Keupp 1987. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Series A 106: 207-219.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphaerodinella is Sphaerodinella albatrosiana (Kamptner) Keupp & Versteegh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caracomia arctica (M.W.Gilbert & D.L.Clark) Streng, Hildebrand-Habel & H.Willems.

Source of Synonymy
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.

Basionym
Thoracosphaera arctica M.W.Gilbert & D.L.Clark

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of or pertaining to the Arctic (Stearn 1983).

Created: 24 May 2025 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 24 May 2025

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 June 2025