Glyphospermopsis Molinari & Guiry, 2021

Molinari-Novoa, Eduardo A., 2021, Nomenclatural notes on algae. III. Further replacement names for various algal taxa, Notulae Algarum 179, pp. 1-7 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16652619
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D3387D1-FF97-F031-3EEB-C68C6ABC59E6
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Glyphospermopsis Molinari & Guiry
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Glyphospermopsis Molinari & Guiry View in CoL , nom. nov.

Replaced name: Glyphosperma Meunier, Microplankton des mers de Barents et de Kara: 94, 1910 (Chlorophyta, Pterospermataceae ), nom. illeg., non Glyphosperma S. Watson (1883: 164) , Asphodelaceae .

Type: Glyphospermopsis flagellifera (Meunier) Molinari & Guiry , comb. nov. (infra).

Notes: Two species were originally included in Glyphosperma Meunier , Glyphosperma flagelliferum Meunier (lectotype, here designated) and G. nervosum Meunier , and the genus was regarded as “organisme énigmatique ” ( Meunier 1910), then as a protozoan ( Deflandre & Deflandre-Rigaud 1958). The genus is here provisionally referred to the Pterospermataceae due the presence of a double wall in both species and a long flagellum in one (see Parke & Boalch 1973). Many of the taxa described by Alphonse F. Meunier (1857-1918), and indeed, many planktonic organisms, are in urgent need of revision with modern techniques (e.g., Agatha 2008); hopefully, the renaming of this genus will draw some attention on them.

Species: Glyphospermopsis flagellifera (Meunier) Molinari & Guiry , comb. nov. Basionym: Glyphosperma flagelliferum Meunier, Microplankton des mers de Barents et de Kara: 94, 1910. Glyphospermopsis nervosa (Meunier) Molinari & Guiry , comb. nov. Basionym: Glyphosperma nervosum Meunier, Microplankton des mers de Barents et de Kara: 95, 1910.