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Ovum hispidum ssp. ramosus

Ovum hispidum ssp. ramosus (Ehrenberg, 1838) Eisenack, 1931

Name not validly published since the species Ovum hispidum is not validly published.
Originally Xanthidium (an extant desmid genus), subsequently (and now) Spiniferites, thirdly Ovum hispidum (name not validly published), fourthly Hystrichosphaera, fifthly Bion.
Tax. sr. synonym of Hystrichosphaera furcata (Ehrenberg, 1838) O. Wetzel, 1933, according to Davey and Williams, 1966.
Tax. sr. synonym of Galea koryka Maier, 1959, according to Sarjeant, 1983.
Tax. sr. synonym of Hystrichosphaeridium echinoides Maier, 1959, according to
Sarjeant, 1983.
Tax. sr. synonym of Areoligera birama Maier, 1959, according to Morgenroth, 1968 and Stover and Evitt, 1978.
Tax. sr. synonym of Geodia? tripunctata Merrill, 1895, by implication, according to Sarjeant, 1964, who considered Geodia? tripunctata to be a tax. jr. synonym of Hystrichosphaera furcata.
Tax. sr. synonym of Hystrichosphaeridium plicatum Maier, 1959, according to Sarjeant, 1983, who considered Hystrichosphaeridium plicatum to be a synonym of Spiniferites ramosus ssp. gracilis (Davey and Williams, 1966) Lentin and Williams, 1973.
Tax. sr. synonym of Spiniferites bulloideus (Deflandre and Cookson, 1955) Sarjeant, 1970, according to Harland, 1977; however, Lentin and Williams,
1981 retained Spiniferites bulloideus as a separate species.
Tax. sr. synonym of Homotryblium distinctum Salujha and Kindra, 1981, by implication, according to Jain and Garg, 1982, who considered Homotryblium distinctum to be a tax. jr. synonym of the autonym Spiniferites ramosus ssp. ramosus. This is a cyst equivalent of Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparede and
Lachmann, 1959) Diesing, 1866, according to Dodge, 1989.

Holotype: Not designated.
Lectotype: Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, fig.5; designated by Davey and Williams, 1966
Age: Late Cretaceous
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