Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Subclass Peridiniphycidae > Order Gonyaulacales > Family Lingulodiniaceae > Genus Sourniaea

Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu., K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin, 2020

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sourniaea*	H.Gu, K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin, 2020	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Amylax diacantha*	Meunier, 1919	synonym
*Gonyaulax diacantha*	(Meunier) Schiller, 1937	synonym
*Gonyaulax longispina*	Lebour, 1925	synonym
*Gonyaulax verior*	Sournia, 1973	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
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 Gonyaulax verior (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) as Sourniaea diacantha gen. et comb. nov.. Phycologia. 59(3): 246-260.

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Taxonomy

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Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). 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. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1760858