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| Polyceratium A.F. Castracane 1886, pg. 106 | |
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| Year Designated | 0 |
| Nomenclatural status | invalid |
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| Comments | Never intended to be a genus by Castracane who stated, in his section about Triceratium Ehrenberg "....if Ehrenberg had foreseen the extension of his genus to embrace polyangulated frustules, he would have chosen the name Polyceratium". |
| Published in |
Castracane, F. 1886 (ref. 193) Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Botany - Vol. II Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 178 pp., 30 pls |