Meunier, A. (1919), Microplancton de la mer Flamande. 3. Les Peridiniens. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 8(1): 74, pl XIX figs 33, 36 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: ... dans les eaux du basin a flot de Nieuport que nous avons trouve curieuse espece ... North Sea (Belgium).

Schiller, J. in Rabenhorst, G.L. & Kolkwitz, R. (ed.) (1933), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz: 300 [basionym]

basionym of: Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) J.Schiller nom. illeg., nom. rej.

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) J.Schiller nom. illeg., nom. rej.

Sournia, A. (1973), Catalogue des especes et taxons infraspecifiques de Dinoflagelles marins actuels publies depuis la revision de J. Sciller. I Dinoflagelles libres. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 48: 34 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Gonyaulax verior Sournia legitimate

ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]

McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gonyaulax verior Sournia legitimate

Zhang, W. et al. (2020), Reclassification of Gonyaulax verior (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) as Sourniaea diacantha gen. et comb. nov. Phycologia 59: [4], 249, figs 1-32 [basionym]

basionym of: Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu, K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin legitimate

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu, K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin legitimate

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