Nematopsides Greuet, 1973

Holotype species: Nematopsides vigilans (S.M.Marshall) Greuet

Original publication and holotype designation: Greuet, C. (1973). Les critères de détermination chez les Péridiniens Warnowiidae Lindemann. Protistologica 8(4): 461-469.

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Description: Differs from the genus Nematodinium Kofoid and Swezy (1921) by a posterior tentacle. Sournia (1986) regard the very cursory described genus as not distinct on genus level and regards it as later synonym of Nematodinium, see there. The validity of the genus description can be questioned. Greuet (1973) cites on p. 463 as type species of his new genus N. tentaculoides, on p. 466 he designates N. vigilans as type species. For the first species he gives no description but only a figure, for the second he did not cite the basionym. In addition, he replaces the earlier proposed (where?) name Nematopsis by Nematopsides, further as the later homonym of Nematopsis A. Schneider (1892). Habitat: Marine plankton.

Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-10-29 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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