Difference between revisions of "Palaeoperidinium"

<B><I>PALAEOPERIDINIUM</I></B> [[Deflandre, 1934]], p.968 ex [[Sarjeant, 1967b]], p.246-247.&nbsp; Emendation: [[Evitt et al., 1998]], p.46,48.&nbsp; Taxonomic junior synonyms: <I>[[Astrocysta]]</I>, <I>[[Morkallacysta]]</I> and <I>[[Pentagonum Vozzhennikova 1963|Pentagonum]]</I>, all according to [[Lentin and Williams, 1976|Lentin and Williams (1976]], p.150,160,161) - however, [[Stover and Evitt, 1978|Stover and Evitt (1978]], p.113-114) retained <I>[[Morkallacysta]]</I>.&nbsp; The name <I>Palaeoperidinium</I> was not validly published in [[Deflandre, 1934|Deflandre (1934]]) since that author did not designate a type, which he was obliged to do as he was using zoological nomenclature (I.C.Z.N. Article 13b).&nbsp; No type was designated until [[Sarjeant, 1967b|Sarjeant (1967b]]) did so; he also brought the generic name under the auspices of the I.C.B.N. (now the I.C.N.).&nbsp; This interpretation differs from that in [[Lentin and Williams, 1993|Lentin and Williams (1993]]) and accords with that of [[Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III, 1966|Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III (1966]]) and, in essence, also that of [[Sarjeant, 1967b|Sarjeant (1967b]]).&nbsp; In contrast to the contention of [[Tappan and Loeblich Jr., 1967|Tappan and Loeblich Jr. (1967]], p.526), [[Deflandre, 1934|Deflandre (1934]], p.968) did publish a description of <I>Palaeoperidinium</I> as a footnote.&nbsp; In validating the generic name, [[Sarjeant, 1967b|Sarjeant (1967b]], p.246) provided an emended diagnosis.&nbsp; Type: [[Ehrenberg, 1837b]], pl.1, fig.4, as <I>[[Peridinium pyrophorum Appendix B|Peridinium pyrophorum]]</I>.