Areoligera rhizopodiphora

"rhizopodiphora" Wetzel, 1933b, p.41, caption to pl.4, fig.18 ex Lejeune-Carpentier, 1938a, p.B170.  Holotype: Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.18.  Originally Hystrichosphaera penicillata subsp. rhizopodiphora (name not validly published), subsequently Areoligera rhizopodiphora.  Taxonomic senior synonym (at specific rank): Hystrichosphaera penicillata forma coronata (now Areoligera coronata), according to Lentin and Williams (1981, p.19).  Lejeune-Carpentier (1938a, p.B170) considered Hystrichosphaera penicillata forma medusettiformis (now Areoligera medusettiformis) to be a possible taxonomic senior synonym of this taxon.  The name Hystrichosphaera penicillata forma rhizopodiphora was not validly published in Wetzel (1933b), since the specific combination Hystrichosphaera penicillata was not validly published.  Age: Senonian.

Parent: Areoligera