Hustedt, F. (1933), Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz Band VII Die Kieselalgen 1933: 506, fig. 932 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: ?

Wood, E.J.F. (1961), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. IV. Descriptions of further sedentary species. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 88: 669–698 [secondary reference]

John, J. (1990), Mastogloia species associated with active stromatolites in Shark Bay, west coast of Australia. Memoirs of the California Academy of Science 17: - [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]

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

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

• Comment: In brackish water and hypersaline habitats
• Distribution: N.S.W. (Nepean River), W.A. (Shark Bay)
• Ex.distribution: U.S.A. (Florida), Spain, Albania

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