Stauropsis Meunier, 1907, nom. illeg.
Type species: a type species (generitype) appears not to have been designated.
Publication details: Meunier, 1907: 318
Currently accepted name for the type species: Meuniera membranacea (Cleve) P.C.Silva
Original publication: Meunier, A. (1910). Microplancton des Mers de Barents et de Kara. Duc d'Orleans Campagne Arctique de 1907. pp. 355, 37 plates. Bruxelles: Imprimerie Scientifique Charles Bulens, Éditeur.
Request PDFThe most recent alteration to this page was made on 2011-10-21 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Meuniera.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: 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.
Comments: Round, Crawford & Mann (1990: 128) record this family as being a member of the Suborder Naviculineae.
Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Stauropsis H.G.Reichenbach 1860. Replaced with Meuniera P.C.Silva, 1996. - (19 March 2011) - M.D. Guiry
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