Stein, F. (1878), Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere. III. Abteilung Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien 1: 147 [comb. nov.]

• Comment: Stein based his decision to move the species Trachelius trichophorus Ehrenberg to the genus Peranema on the basis of the work of Carter 1856 on the microscopy of 'infusoria' from Bombay, Annals of Natural History ser. 2 vol 18.

Playfair, G. (1921), Australian freshwater flagellates. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales 46: 140 [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]

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

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

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