Diphyes? monstruosum (Tasch, 1964) Davey and Williams, 1969

Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Diphyes?, thirdly Coronifera.
Fauconnier in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.176) questionably retained this species in Diphyes. Questionable assignment: Davey and Williams (1969, p.7); and Fauconnier in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.176) as a problematic species.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Coronifera oceanica, according to Below (1982c, p.5) - however. Fauconnier in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.176) retained Hystrichosphaeridium (as Diphyes?) monstruosum.
This combination was not validly published in Davey and Williams (1966b, p.97), since these authors did not fully reference the basionym.

Holotype: Tasch, 1964, pl.1, fig.12
Age: Albian

Original description (Tasch, 1964):
Diagnosis: Irregularly ovate capsule with two types of processes, a pair of opposite positioned, lerge, club-shaped processes, an numerous filamentous, hair-like processes of variable length.
Measurements: Length, 46µ; width, 38µ; length of paired, club-shaped processes, 18 µm; maximum diameter of these processes, 9µ; maximum flare width, 15µ; length of filamentous processes, 6-10µ; diameter of filamentous processes, less than 1µ; density of filamentous processes, 2+ per 5µ of edge.
Holotype: WU-DF 0125. Slide no. 1035. Coordinates: R 47.5, D 17+.
Locality: Sampling interval 4-1-L.