Ehrenberg, C.G. (October 1840), Erstlich über ausgezeichnete jetzt lebende peruanische und mexikanische Meeres-Infusorien, welche mit zur Erläuterung räthselhafter fossiler Formen der Kreidebildung dienen. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 161 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Peru

Foged (1978), Freshwater diatoms in eastern Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 41: 73 [secondary reference]

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

Hallegraeff, G.M. & Jeffrey, S.W. (1984), Tropical phytoplankton species and pigments of continental shelf waters of north and north-west Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 20: table 5 [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: 123 [secondary reference]

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

• Distribution: Queensland, Victoria

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N & NW Australia, Qld (Capricorn Coast), Vic. (Gippsland Lakes, Lakes Entrance, Port Phillip Bay, Western Port Bay), Tas. (Ansons Bay, Georges Bay),
• Ex.distribution: Canary Islands, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, France, Spain, Romania, South Africa, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Japan, Pacific coast of Mexico, Peru

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