Scolioneis brunkseiensis (Hendey) D.G.Mann 1990

Publication Details
Scolioneis brunkseiensis (Hendey) D.G.Mann 1990: 677

Published in: Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms. Biology and morphology of the genera. pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scolioneis is Scolioneis tumida (Brébisson ex Kützing) D.G.Mann.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metascolioneis brunkseiensis (Hendey) Blanco & Wetzel.

Source of Synonymy
Blanco, S. & Wetzel, C.E. (2016). Replacement names for botanical taxa involving algal genera. Phytotaxa 266(3): 195-205.

Basionym
Scoliopleura brunkseiensis Hendey

Type Information
Type locality: "... originally found in the salt water lagoon at Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour" [Dorset, England]; (Hendey 1964: 235) Holotype: BM; 102750 (Hendey no. 3561) (Williams 2024: 33)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 February 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025