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Taxon: Class Prymnesiophyceae D.J. Hibberd (1976) (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  S.J. Casper, 1972 ex D.J. Hibberd, 1976, nom. bot. nov.
Unavailable original name:  Casper, S.J. 1972: 80. [sine descr. Lat.].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Hibberd, D.J. 1976. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 72 (2): App. (p. 77: "classis nova").
Original use as a botanical name:  op. cit.: 57 ("International Code of Botanical Nomenclature").
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  op. cit.: App. (pp. 77-78).

Validation

Validated name: Haptophyta (Phylum) Hibberd ex Caval.-Sm. (1986), nom. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1986: 342 ("Iatin description ... (Hibberd 1976)"). [no full reference]. [new]

Attributes

Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 13 Jan 2024.

Types

Type, by original designation: Prymnesium (Genus) J. Massart (1920) Ref: D.J. Hibberd, 1976: App. (p. 78). [new]

Variants

Different rank: Prymnesiida (Order) Cavalier-Smith
Different rank: Prymnesiida (Order) Cavalier-Smith Ref: J.C. Green & R.W. Jordan, 2000: 1268.
Different rank: Prymnesiina (Suborder) Cavalier-Smith
Different rank: Prymnesiophycidae (Subclass) (D.J. Hibberd) Cavalier-Sm. (1986)
Name in preferred code of nomenclature: Haptomonadida (Order) Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 495, 496.

Synonyms

Senior subjective synonym: Coccolithophyceae (Class) Rothm. (1951) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 344).
Descriptive name: Haptophyceae (Class) Christensen ex Silva (1980) Ref: P.C. Silva, 1980: 67. [new]
Descriptive name: Haptophyceae (Class) Christensen ex Silva (1980) Ref: D.J. Hibberd, 1976: 57 ("Christensen, 1962"). [new]
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