WoRMS taxon details
Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu., K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin, 2020
1760858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1760858)
accepted
Species
Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919) Meunier, A. (1919). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 3. Les Péridiniens. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VIII(1). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 111, 7 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu., K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1760858 on 2026-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919) Meunier, A. (1919). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 3. Les Péridiniens. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VIII(1). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 111, 7 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925) Lebour, M.V. (1925). The Dinoflagellates of Northern Seas. <em>The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 250 pp. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973) Sournia, A. (1973). Catalogue des espèces et taxons infraspécifiques de Dinoflagellés marins actuels. I. Dinoflagelles libres. Beihefte Nova Hedwigia, 48: 1-92. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
new combination reference Zhang, W.; Li, Z.; Mertens, K. N.; Derrien, A.; Pospelova, V.; Carbonell-Moore, M. C.; Bagheri, S.; Matsuoka, K.; Shin, H. H.; Gu, H. (2020). Reclassification of <i>Gonyaulax verior</i> (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) as <i>Sourniaea diacantha gen. et comb. nov.</i>. <em>Phycologia.</em> 59(3): 246-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2020.1735926 [details]
original description (of Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925) Lebour, M.V. (1925). The Dinoflagellates of Northern Seas. <em>The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 250 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973) Sournia, A. (1973). Catalogue des espèces et taxons infraspécifiques de Dinoflagellés marins actuels. I. Dinoflagelles libres. Beihefte Nova Hedwigia, 48: 1-92. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
new combination reference Zhang, W.; Li, Z.; Mertens, K. N.; Derrien, A.; Pospelova, V.; Carbonell-Moore, M. C.; Bagheri, S.; Matsuoka, K.; Shin, H. H.; Gu, H. (2020). Reclassification of <i>Gonyaulax verior</i> (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) as <i>Sourniaea diacantha gen. et comb. nov.</i>. <em>Phycologia.</em> 59(3): 246-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2020.1735926 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Harmful effect Non-toxigenic marine microalgal species associated with animal kills or health impairment. [details]
PlanktonNet Image (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937)
Published in AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To NMNH Extant Collection (102010.jpg) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To NMNH Extant Collection (102038.jpg) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925)
To PESI (from synonym Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937)
To PESI (from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937)Published in AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To NMNH Extant Collection (102010.jpg) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To NMNH Extant Collection (102038.jpg) (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925)
To PESI (from synonym Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937)
To PESI (from synonym Amylax diacantha Meunier, 1919)
