Smith, W. (1852), Notes on the Diatomaceae with descriptions of British Species included in the Genus Pleurosigma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 5, pl. 1, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Great Britain

Griffith, J.W. & Henfrey, A. (1855), The micrographic dictionary: a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects; illustrated by forty-one plates and eight hundred and sixteen woodcuts: 302, pl. 11, fig. 25 [basionym]

basionym of: Gyrosigma formosum (W.Sm.) J.W.Griff. & Henfr. legitimate

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]

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

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [secondary reference]

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