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| Excentron J. Ralfs in A. Pritchard 1861, pg. 837 | |
| Generitype | T: Excentron cancroides J. Ralfs in lit., J. Ralfs in A. Pritchard 1861 |
| Designated by | Ralfs in lit., Ralfs in Pritchard (001063) |
| Year Designated | 1861 |
| Nomenclatural status | invalid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Name introduced in Ralfs in Pritchard p. 837 in the paragraph about Asteromphalus arachne, as a synonym of A. arachne: "Excentron cancroides, Ralfs in lit. (v.66)". We do not know of that publication or manuscript. Not validly published by Ralfs because not accepted by this author. |
| Published in |
Pritchard, A. 1861 (ref. 1063) A history of infusoria, living and fossil: arranged according to Die infusionsthierchen of C.G. Ehrenberg; containing colored engravings, illustrative of all the genera, and descriptions of all the species in that work, with several new ones; to which is appended an account of those recently discovered in the chalk formations. xii. Edition IV, revised and enlarged by J.T. Arlidge, W. Archer, J. Ralfs, W.C. Williamson and the author. London, Whittaker and Co., 1861. xiii + 968 pp., 40 pls. |