Acanthaulax

"ACANTHAULAX" Sarjeant, 1968, p.227.  Emendations: Sarjeant, 1982b, p.46; Brenner, 1988, p.33.  Substitute name for Acanthogonyaulax Sarjeant, 1966b, p.132 (an illegitimate name).  Taxonomic senior synonym: Cribroperidinium, according to Poulsen (1996, p.71).  Taxonomic junior synonym: Meristaulax Sarjeant, by implication in Brenner (1988, p.35), who included the type of Meristaulax Sarjeant in Acanthaulax.  Type: Klement, 1960, pl.5, figs.10-11, as Gonyaulax venusta.

Parent: Subfamily Leptodinioideae

Species List:

"Acanthaulax acanthosphaera"
"Acanthaulax aceras"
"Acanthaulax aculeata"
"Acanthaulax angulosa"
"Acanthaulax areolata"
"Acanthaulax compta"
"Acanthaulax crispa"
"Acanthaulax downiei"
"Acanthaulax granulata"
"Acanthaulax granuligera"
"Acanthaulax magna"
"Acanthaulax miocenica"
"Acanthaulax paliuros"
"Acanthaulax saetosa"
"Acanthaulax scarburghensis"
"Acanthaulax senta"
"Acanthaulax septata"
"Acanthaulax spinosissima"
"Acanthaulax systremmatos"
"Acanthaulax tenuiceras"
"*Acanthaulax venusta"
"Acanthaulax wilsonii"