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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-03
Page range: 177–187
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Stephanocha nom. nov., a replacement name for the illegitimate silicoflagellate genus Distephanus (Dictyochophyceae)

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
Department of Environmental Studies and Sustainability, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME 04769 USA
Cannopilus Dictyocha double skeleton Octactis

Abstract

Stephanocha nom. nov. (Silicoflagellata, Dictyochophyceae) is herein proposed as a replacement name for the illegitimate genus name Distephanus, which is a later homonym of Distephanus, a flowering plant. The old generic description is emended, with S. rotunda as the designated type, and new combinations are made for all bona fide silicoflagellate taxa previously assigned (including those tentatively assigned) to Distephanus, except most already transferred to Distephanopsis.