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Protoellipsodinium seghire ssp. medaaure

Protoellipsodinium seghire ssp. medaaure Below, 1981

Holotype: Below, 1981, pl.11, figs.13a-b; Fensome et al., 1991, figs.1-3 - p.675; figs.3-4- p.737
Paratype: Below, 1981, pl.11, fig.14
Locus typicus: Yahia ou Said, southwest Morocco
Stratum typicum: Late Hauterivian
Translation Below, 1981: Fensome, 1991, p. 676

Original diagnosis: Below, 1981, p. 111
A subspecies of Protoellipsodinium seghire n.sp. with a rhomboidal shape, i.e. straight sides and rounded apex and antapex. Marked rounding results in spheroidal to weakly longitudinal-ovoidal specimens. The appendages are evexate.
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