Stomiosphaera
STOMIOSPHAERA Wanner, 1940, p.76. Emendation: Dufour, 1968, p.1947. Calcareous dinoflagellate genus, originally described as a foraminifer (see Elbrächter et al., 2008, p.1302). Taxonomic junior synonyms: Orthopithonella, by implication in Reháková and Michalík (1996, p.93), who believed Stomiosphaera to be the senior name — however, Streng et al. (2004, p.482) retained Orthopithonella; Cadosina, according to Bonet (1956, p.447–448) — however, I. Nagy (1966, p.87) proposed the retention of Cadosina. Fensome and Williams (2004) considered this genus to be not validly published because a type was not designated. However, Elbrächter et al. (2008, p.1298) implied that this generic name can be considered validly published as it was proposed under the I.C.Z.N. Thus, we have revised the status of the contained species as appropriate, as well as reconsidered the generic synonymies. Type: not designated; "type species" — Stomiosphaera moluccana.
Species List:Stomiosphaera alpina
Stomiosphaera asdadensis
"Stomiosphaera betica"
"Stomiosphaera borzae"
"Stomiosphaera cardiiformis"
"Stomiosphaera carpathica"
Stomiosphaera colomii
"Stomiosphaera conoidea"
"Stomiosphaera diffringens"
Stomiosphaera echinata
"Stomiosphaera fibrata"
"Stomiosphaera fusca"
"Stomiosphaera heliosphaera"
"Stomiosphaera lapidosa"
Stomiosphaera leporis
"Stomiosphaera malmica"
"Stomiosphaera minutissima"
Stomiosphaera misolensis
*Stomiosphaera moluccana
Stomiosphaera moretii
"Stomiosphaera orbulinaria"
Stomiosphaera polygona
"Stomiosphaera pulla"
Stomiosphaera radiata
"Stomiosphaera semiradiata"
Stomiosphaera similis
"Stomiosphaera sphaerica"
Stomiosphaera spinosa
Stomiosphaera stephanoidea
"Stomiosphaera sublapidosa"
"Stomiosphaera tenuis"
Stomiosphaera wanneri