WoRMS taxon details
Meridion circulare (Greville) C.Agardh, 1831
149346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149346)
accepted
Species
Echinella circularis Greville, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. circulare (Greville) C.Agardh, 1831
- Forma Meridion circulare f. anormalis Østrup, 1918 (1920) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. circulare (Greville) Agardh, 1831 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. constricta (Ralfs) Cleve-Euler, 1932 accepted as Meridion constrictum f. constrictum Ralfs, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. constricta (Ralfs) Van Heurck, 1881 accepted as Meridion constrictum f. constrictum Ralfs, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. curvata (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. elongatum (Grunow) Hustedt, 1910 accepted as Meridion constrictum var. elongatum Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. genuinum Kirchner, 1878 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. genuinum Kirchner, 1878 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. gracilis Mayer, 1912 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. gracilis Mayer, 1913 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. intermediacre Kisselev, 1931 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. monstrosum Gutwinski, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. monstrosum Gutwinski, 1890 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. obliquecostata Tarnavschi & Jitariu, 1956 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Meridion circulare f. ovata Cleve-Euler, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. beta W. Smith, 1856 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. bicapitata (Schonfeldt) Prochazka, 1923 accepted as Meridion constrictum var. bicapitata Schonfeldt, 1913 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. capitata Krasske, 1957 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. circulare Mayer (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. circulare DeNotaris ex Cuboni, 1887 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. constrictum (Ralfs) Van Heurck, 1880 accepted as Meridion constrictum f. constrictum Ralfs, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. constrictum sensu Mayer, 1908 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. curvatum Kützing, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. curvatum Rabenhorst, 1864 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. elengatum (W. Smith) Grunow (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. grunowii Kirchner, 1878 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. incostata Mayer, 1916 (1917) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. latum Kufferath, 1914 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. maxima Von Alten, 1915 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. minus (Grunow) Carlson, 1913 accepted as Diatoma tenue var. minus Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. subcapitatum Skvortzov, 1976 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. ventrale Nelzina & Mastennikova, 1938 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. zinckeni (Kützing) Mayer, 1939 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. zinckenii (Kützing) Grunow, 1862 accepted as Meridion zinckenii Kützing, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. zinkenii (Kutzing; Kutzing) Mayer, 1916 (1917) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Meridion circulare var. zinkenii (Kützing) Grunow, 1862 accepted as Meridion zinckenii Kützing, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
recent only
Not documented
Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2025). DiatomBase. Meridion circulare (Greville) C.Agardh, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149346 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610. [details] Available for editors






Diatom Flora of Britain and Ireland Note: Images and taxon treatment
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Echinella circularis Greville, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (275 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Echinella circularis Greville, 1822)
To Dyntaxa
To NHMUK collection (Meridion circulare (Grev.) Agardh; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4731101)
To PESI
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (275 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Echinella circularis Greville, 1822)
To Dyntaxa
To NHMUK collection (Meridion circulare (Grev.) Agardh; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4731101)
To PESI
To ITIS