Coronosphaera mediterranea (Lohmann) Gaarder 1977

Publication Details
Coronosphaera mediterranea (Lohmann) Gaarder 1977: 60, pl. 4: figs. 21-26

Published in: Gaarder, K.R. & Heimdal, B.R. (1977). A revision of the genus Syracosphaera Lohmann (Coccolithineae). "Meteor" Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie 24: 54-71, 4 pls.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Coronosphaera.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Syracosphaera mediterranea Lohmann.

Basionym
Syracosphaera mediterranea Lohmann

Type Information
Type locality: Syracus, Sicily; (INA 1996)

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Mediterranean Sea (Stearn 1983).

Created: 17 February 2005 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 November 2021

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Taxonomic note
Cortés & Bollmann (2002) describe a combination coccosphere of the heterococcolithophore species Coronosphaera mediterranea and the holococcolithophore species Calyptrolithophora hasleana. They conclude that this combination plus the combination of Coronosphaera mediterranea with Calyptrolithina wettsteinii implies that these three taxa belong to the same species. They note that the name Coronosphaera mediterranea has priority and is therefore the appropriate name. They note that Cros et al. (2000) have suggested a revision of the nomenclatural taxonomy of hetero- and holococcolith associations and according to their proposal, suggest the following names for the heterococcolith-bearing and the two holococcolith-bearing phases of this species: Coronosphaera mediterranea, Coronosphaera mediterranea HO wettsteinii and Coronosphaera mediterranea HO hasleana. - (16 December 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 February 2025

 
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