Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832), Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse: 87 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Germany

Crosby, L.H. & Wood, E.J.F. (1959), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. II. Normally epontic and benthic genera. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 86: 1–58 [secondary reference]

John, J. (1983), The diatom flora of the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 64: 1–358 [secondary reference]

Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1986), Susswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Bacillariophyceae 1. Teil Naviculaceae: - [secondary reference]

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Benthic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 97 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - AAL [secondary reference]

• Comment: A mainly freshwater species
• Distribution: Qld, N.S.W. (Nepean River), Vic., Tas., W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: U.S.A. (Washington, California, Florida, Virginia), Canada (Bay of Fundy), Iceland, British Isles, Baltic Sea, Germany, eastern Europe, Spain, Black Sea, West Africa, Iran, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Antarctica, Hawaiian Islands

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