Hassall, A.H. (1842), Observations on the genera Zygnema, Tyndaridea, and Mougeotia with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(62): 45 [tax. nov.]

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

Tolstoy, A. & Willen, T. (1997), Preliminar checklista over Makroalger i Sverige: - [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Mesocarpus scalaris (Hassall) Hassall legitimate taxonomic synonym: Zygnema scalare Kütz. manuscript name

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

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