WoRMS taxon details
Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg, 1838
149376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149376)
accepted
Species
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. gorensis De Stefano, 2008
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. scutellum Ehrenberg, 1838
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. sullivanensis De Stefano, 2008
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. clinoraphis Zanon, 1948 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. intermedia Mereschkowsky, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. minutissima Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. parva (Grunow) Cleve, 1895 accepted as Cocconeis scutellum f. parva Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. posidoniae M.De Stefano, D.Marino & L.Mazzella, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Cocconeis scutellum var. stauroneiformis W.Smith, 1853 accepted as Cocconeis stauroneiformis (W.Smith) H.Okuno, 1957 accepted as Cocconeis scutellum f. stauroneiformis Rabenhorst, 1864 (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2026). DiatomBase. Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149376 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Chin, T. G.; Cheng, Z. D.; Liu, S. C.; Lin, J. M. (1982). Fouling diatoms from Hong Kong waters. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 761-765. [details]
context source (RAS) ANTADATA, a database on biogeography of non marine algae in Continental Antarctica [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Stoermer, E.F., R.G. Kreis, Jr. and N.A. Andersen. 1999. Checklist of diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes, II. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25(3): 515-566., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0380-1330(99)70759-8 [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source De Stefano, M.; Romero, O. E.; Totti, C. (2008). A comparative study of Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg and its varieties (Bacillariophyta). <em>Botanica Marina.</em> 51(6): 506-536., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/bot.2008.058 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (RAS) ANTADATA, a database on biogeography of non marine algae in Continental Antarctica [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Stoermer, E.F., R.G. Kreis, Jr. and N.A. Andersen. 1999. Checklist of diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes, II. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25(3): 515-566., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0380-1330(99)70759-8 [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source De Stefano, M.; Romero, O. E.; Totti, C. (2008). A comparative study of Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg and its varieties (Bacillariophyta). <em>Botanica Marina.</em> 51(6): 506-536., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/bot.2008.058 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet phytosynthetic [details]Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat pelagic or attached to various marine life [details]
Importance most abundant phylum of algae [details]
Morphology yellow brown in color, not green [details]
Predators marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]
Reproduction general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (130 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cocconeis scutellum)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cocconeis scutellum)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
