A new integrated morpho- and molecular systematic classification of Cenozoic radiolarians (Class Polycystinea) - suprageneric taxonomy and logical nomenclatorial acts
Author
Suzuki, Noritoshi
Author
Caulet, Jean-Pierre
Author
Dumitrica, Paulian
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Geodiversitas
2021
2021-07-08
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10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a15
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Family
LITHOCYCLIIDAE
Ehrenberg, 1846
Lithocyclidina
Ehrenberg, 1846: 385
[as a family]; 1847: 54 [as a family]; 1876: 156. — Schomburgk 1847: 124, 126 [as a family].
Coccodiscida
Haeckel, 1862: 240
, 485 [as a tribe]; 1882: 458 [as a subfamily]; 1887: 409, 455-458 [as a family]. — Zittel 1876-1880: 124 [rank unknown]. —
Mivart 1878: 176
[as subsection]. —
Bütschli 1889: 1959
[as a family]. —
nec
Rüst 1892: 166
[as a family]. — Anderson 1983: 24 [as a family].
Lithocyclida –
Haeckel 1882: 458
[as a tribe]; 1887: 458, 459 [as a subfamily].
Staurocyclida
Haeckel, 1882: 458
[as a tribe].
Trochodiscida
Haeckel, 1887: 411
, 412 [
nomen dubium
, as a subfamily]. —
Schröder 1909: 39
[as a subfamily].
Heliosestrida
Haeckel, 1887: 421
, 427 [as a subfamily]. —
Schröder 1909: 41
[as a subfamily].
Coccodiscidae
–
Poche 1913: 209
. —
Campbell & Clark 1944b: 14
. —
Campbell 1954
: D82. —
Chediya 1959: 128
. —
Riedel 1967b: 294
; 1971: 653-654. —
Riedel & Sanfilippo 1971: 1588
;
1977: 865
. —
Kozur & Mostler 1972: 45
. —
Petrushevskaya & Kozlova 1972: 522
. —
Nakaseko
et al.
1975: 169
. —
Nakaseko & Sugano 1976: 125
. —
Dumitrica 1979: 21-22
;
1984: 96
. —
Sanfilippo & Riedel 1980: 1009
(
sensu
emend.
). — Anderson 1983: 38-39. — Sanfilippo
et al.
1985: 653. —
Blueford 1988: 248
. —
Takahashi 1991: 79
. —
van de Paverd 1995: 137
. —
Boltovskoy 1998: 31
. —
Anderson
et al.
2002: 1002
. —
De Wever
et al.
2001: 121
. —
Afanasieva
et al.
2005
: S288. —
Afanasieva & Amon 2006: 131
. —
Chen
et al.
2017: 137-138
.
Lithocyclinae –
Campbell & Clark 1944b: 14
. —
Chediya, 1959: 128
.
Heliosestrinae –
Campbell & Clark 1944b: 14
. —
Clark & Campbell 1945: 20
. —
Campbell 1954
: D78. —
Chediya 1959: 125
.
Trochodiscinae –
Campbell 1954
: D77 [
nomen dubium
]. —
Chediya 1959: 122
.
Coccodiscinae
–
Campbell 1954
: D82. —
Kozur & Mostler 1972: 45-46
. —
Petrushevskaya & Kozlova 1972: 523
. —
Sanfilippo & Riedel 1980: 1009
. —
Dumitrica 1984: 97
. — Sanfilippo
et al.
1985: 653. —
De Wever
et al.
2001: 121
. —
Afanasieva
et al.
2005
: S288. —
Afanasieva & Amon 2006: 131
.
Lithocycliidae
–
Petrushevskaya 1986: 128
. —
Kozlova 1999: 83
.
TYPE
GENUS. —
Lithocyclia
Ehrenberg, 1846: 385
[
type
species by subsequent monotypy:
Astromma aristotelis
Ehrenberg, 1847: 55
].
INCLUDED
GENERA. —
Cromyatractus
Haeckel, 1887: 334
(=
Cromyatractium
with the same
type
species;
Caryatractus
n. syn.
). —
Heliosestrum
Haeckel, 1882: 457
(=
Heliosestantha
with the same
type
species;
Astrosestrum
synonymized by
Kozur & Mostler 1972: 19
;
Astrosestantha
n. syn.
,
Astrophacura
n. syn.
). —
Heliostylus
Haeckel, 1882: 457
(=
Astrostylus
synonymized by
Kozur & Mostler 1972: 19
;
Stylodiscus
synonymized by
Sanfilippo & Riedel 1973: 522
,
Stylentodiscus
n. syn.
). —
Lithocyclia
Ehrenberg, 1846: 385
(=
Astrocyclia
synonymized by
Riedel & Sanfilippo 1970: 522
;
Coccodiscus
synonymized by
Kozur & Mostler 1972: 46
). —
Phacostaurus
Haeckel, 1882: 457
(=
Phacostaurium
with the same
type
species;
Astrostaurus
synonymized with
Kozur & Mostler 1972: 19
;
Crucidiscus
n. syn.
,
Heliostaurus
n. syn.
,
Sethostaurium
n. syn.
,
Sethostaurus
n. syn.
,
Staurentodiscus
n. syn.
). —
Phacotriactis
Sutton, 1896: 61
. —
Sethostylus
Haeckel 1882: 457
(=
Sethostylium
with the same
type
species;
Amphicyclia
synonymized by
Petrushevskaya & Kozlova 1972: 522
;
Phacostylus
n. syn.
,
Phacostylium
n. syn.
). —
Staurocyclia
Haeckel, 1882: 458
(=
Coccostaurus
synonymized by
Campbell 1954
: D82). —
Triactiscus
Haeckel, 1882: 457
(=
Trigonocyclia
n. syn.
).
NOMINA DUBIA. —
Coccocyclia
,
Echinactura
,
Heliosestomma
,
Pristodiscus
,
Stauractinium
,
Stauractura
,
Stauracturium
,
Staurexodiscus
,
Stylexodiscus
,
Theodiscoma
,
Theodiscura
,
Theodiscus
,
Trochodisculus
,
Trochodiscus
.
JUNIOR HOMONYM. —
Staurodiscus
Krasheninnikov, 1960
(=
Heliosestrum
)
nec
Haeckel, 1879
.
DIAGNOSIS. — Shell roughly flat, consisting of a large convex lensshaped latticed shell. Radial beams arise from the outer medullary shell and radiate to both sides of the equatorial plane. They are connected to the large latticed shell. No three-dimensional gridlike arms are observed. One of the following exterior structures is present outside of the large latticed shell: - a wide ring made of a grid-like structure (e.g.,
Cromyatractus
,
Lithocyclia
,
Staurocyclia
); - a solid flat circular edge surrounded by many solid arrowhead-like short spines (e.g.,
Heliosestrum
); - and/or two to four solid spines distributed under two-fold, threefold or four-fold symmetries (e.g.,
Cromyatractus
,
Heliostylus
,
Phacostaurus
,
Phacotriactis
,
Staurocyclia
,
Triactiscus
). Radial spines, if present, are not connected with the double medullary shell; or connected to the double medullary shell (e.g.,
Amphicyclia
,
Cromyatractus
and
Heliostylus
). No significant structures develop on each of the two sides of the equatorial plane.
STRATIGRAPHIC OCCURRENCE. — Late Paleocene-Living.
REMARKS
This family used to be named
Coccodiscidae
. However, the oldest senior synonym is
Lithocycliidae
Ehrenberg 1846
, and not
Coccodiscidae
Haeckel 1862
.
Lithocycliidae
was used as a valid family (see synonymy above); the valid family name must therefore be
Lithocycliidae
. The
Lithocycliidae
are distinguished from the
Astracturidae
due to presence of three-dimensional grid-like arms.
Lithocycliidae
are also distinguished from the
Phacodiscidae
in the absence of any exterior structure excepting a simple, circular solid edge. Differing from the distinguishing characteristics of the family
Lithocycliidae
;
Amphicyclia
,
Cromyatractus
and
Heliostylus
possess two polar primary radial beams connected by the polar radial spines and a spindle-shaped second inner shell which is connected to the innermost shell by a few radial beams. These three genera are to be separated from the
Lithocycliidae
. The drawings of
Astrostaurus
,
Crucidiscus
and
Staurocyclia
show a crisscrossing of four radial beams in the third shell, but these structures have not been observed in an actual specimen.
Heliodiscus
(Heliodiscidae)
is sometimes confused with
Heliosestrum
due to the presence of equatorial radial spines, but the former genus has a characteristically different microsphere that is unusually located in the second inner shell. It should be noted that the
Lithocycliidae
is an extinct family whereas the
Heliodiscidae
is a living family. Moreover, overall images of
Heliosestrum
can be distinguished from
Heliodiscus
by the observed lateral profile of the cortical and pore patterns (
Suyari & Yamasaki 1987
: pl. 3, fig. 15; 1988: pl. 3, fig. 14). Scanning electron images of
Heliosestrum
are also similar to those of
Lithocyclia
,
but the latter tends to have an increased number of systematically arranged pores on the cortical shell and lattice margin (
Suyari & Yamasaki 1988
: pl. 8, fig. 14).
VALIDITY OF GENERA
Cromyatractus
Cromyatractus
and
Cromyatractum
have the same
type
species.
Cromyatractus
has two medullary shells and two cortical shells whereas
Caryatractus
is marked by three or more elliptical lattice shells (
Campbell 1954
: D70). As displayed by the supporting images for
Cromyatractus
and
Cromyatractum
, the number of shells is different in ontogenetic stages and/or following preservation. All these available genera are established in the same publication (
Haeckel 1887: 334
for
Cromyatractus
, 335 for
Cromyatractum
and 336 for
Caryatractus
), the valid genus is objectively decided to be
Cromyatractus
because the remaining two available
names
are established as subgenera of
Cromyatractus
under Article 24.1 of ICZN (1999).
Heliosestrum
The combination of
Astrosestrum
and
Astrosestantha
, and that of
Heliosestrum
and
Heliosestantha
have respectively the same
type
species. The differences among the genera we synonymize here are the number of radial spines on the margin of the shell, the state of development of a solid equatorial girdle, a spiny or smooth cortical shell (
Campbell 1954
: D78 for
Astrosestrum
and
Heliosestrum
and D82 for
Astrophacura
). These characteristics were regarded as intraspecific variations in numerous papers.
Astrosestrum
and
Heliosestrum
are the oldest available name published in 1882.
Hollis (1997: 41)
acted as a first reviser to validate
Heliosestrum
.
Phacostaurus
The combination of
Phacostaurus
and
Phacostaurium
, of
Crucidiscus
and
Staurentodiscus
, and of
Sethostaurus
and
Sethostaurium
is based respectively on the same
type
species.
Phacostaurus
is characterized by a simple margin (
Campbell 1954
: D79),
Astrostaurus
by a solid equatorial girdle or a corona of tiny by-spines (
Campbell 1954
: D80),
Crucidiscus
by internal centripetal rods (
Campbell 1954
: D79),
Sethostaurus
by a simple medullary shell and a simple margin (
Campbell 1954
: D81), and
Heliostaurus
by a solid equatorial girdle (
Campbell 1954
: D81). As other genera in the
Lithocycliidae
, the state of development of the solid equatorial ring and the tiny by-spines are intraspecies variations. However, the presence of internal centripetal rods may be different among genera. Four oldest available
names
were simultaneously published in
Haeckel (1882: 457
for
Phacostaurus
,
Astrostaurus
,
Sethostaurus
and
Heliostaurus
). As there are no fundamental differences among them, we selected
Phacostaurus
which is well illustrated in
Haeckel (1887)
.
Sethostylus
The combined
Phacostylus
and
Phacostylium
, and the combined
Sethostylus
and
Sethostylium
have the same
type
species, respectively.
Amphicyclia
is characterized by two solid spines, no chambered arms, and double medually shells (
Campbell 1954
: D82);
Phacostylus
by a margin of the disc with two opposite radial spines and a double medullary shell (
Campbell 1954
: D78, 80);
Sethostylus
by a disc with a simple margin, two opposite radial spines and a simple medullary shell (
Campbell 1954
: D78, 81). A thick cortical shell such as in
Sethostylus
prevents any observation of the innermost shell. As far as we read the distinguishing morphological characteristics written in
Campbell (1954)
, nothing appears different among these three genera except for the connection between a radial spine and the outer medullary shell.
Amphicyclia
,
Phacostylus
and
Sethostylus
were established in the same publication (
Haeckel 1882: 485
, 457, in ascending order). Nobody had used
Amphicyclia
except
Kozur & Mostler
1972
in a wrong way; however,
Sethostylus
has been used by
Petrushevskaya & Kozlova (1972: 522)
and even they considered
Phacostylus
a junior synonym of
Sethostylus
. In such case
Sethostylus
has priority over
Amphicyclia
.
Triactiscus
The illustrations of the
type
species of
Triactiscus
and
Trigonocyclia
show obviously different internal structures but no specimens supporting the illustration of
Trigonocyclia
were found.
Triactiscus
is an available name older than
Trigonocyclia
.