Campylodiscus scalaris (Giffen) Lobban & J.S.Park, nom. illeg. 2018

Publication Details
Campylodiscus scalaris (Giffen) Lobban & J.S.Park, nom. illeg. 2018: 134

Published in: Park, J.S., Lobban, C.S, &. Lee, K.-W. (2018). Diatoms associated with seaweeds from Moen Island in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia. Phytotaxa 351(2): 101-140, 180 fig., 2 tables.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Campylodiscus is Campylodiscus clypeus (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg ex Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Campylodiscus giffenii Lobban & J.S.Park.

Source of Synonymy
Park, J.S., Lobban, C.S., Lee, K.-W. & Jung, S.W. (2022). Additional floristic study of planktonic and seaweed-associated diatoms in Chuuk, Micronesia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 102(1-2): [1-35] 27-61.

Basionym
Surirella scalaris Giffen

Type Information
Type locality: "Kidd's Beach" [Cape Province, South Africa]; (Giffen 1967: 286) Notes: "Typus: praeparatum No.197 in collectione GIFFEN, Fort Hare, provincia Capensis. Iconotypus: figurae nostrae No. 121-123."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 September 2019 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 October 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Illelgtimate: not Campylodiscus scalaris Tempère & Brun, 1889. Replacement name: Campylodiscus giffenii Lobban & J.S.Park - (27 September 2019) - M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2025