Scrippsiella regalis Appendix B

regalis (Gaarder, 1954, p.8, fig.5) Janofske, 2000, p.183.  Holotype: Gaarder, 1954, fig.5.  Emendation: Janofske, 2000, p.183–184.  Originally Discosphaera (Appendix A), subsequently Rhabdothorax, thirdly (and now) Scrippsiella.  Taxonomic junior synonym: Rhabdothorax gerenus (name not validly published), according to Gaarder in Gaarder and Heimdal (1973, p.89).  Gaarder in Gaarder and Heimdal (1973, p.89) considered Discoaster planctonicus Lecal, 1952, a discoaster species, to be a possible taxonomic junior synonym of this species.  Age: extant.

Parent: Scrippsiella_Appendix B