Prolixosphaeridium granulosum

granulosum (Deflandre, 1937b, p.77, pl.16 [al. pl.13], fig.4) Davey et al., 1966, p.172.  Holotype: Deflandre, 1937b, pl.16 (al. pl.13), fig.4; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.66, fig.4.  Originally Hystrichosphaeridium xanthiopyxides var. granulosum, subsequently Baltisphaeridium xanthiopyxides var. granulosum (combination not validly published, Appendix A), thirdly Baltisphaeridium granulosum (Appendix A), fourthly (and now) Prolixosphaeridium granulosum.  Taxonomic junior synonyms (at specific rank): Baltisphaeridium pilosum var. longispinosum (as Tenua pilosa subsp. longispinosa), according to Sarjeant (1976c, p.19) - however, Erkmen and Sarjeant (1980, p.64) considered Baltisphaeridium pilosum var. longispinosum to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at specific rank) of Prolixosphaeridium anasillum, not of Hystrichosphaeridium xanthiopyxides var. granulosum (as Prolixosphaeridium granulosum); Prolixosphaeridium anasillum, according to Lentin and Williams (1993, p.539) - however, this synonymy was based on a mis-reading of Erkmen and Sarjeant (1980).  Age: Senonian.

Parent: Prolixosphaeridium