Agardh, C.A. (1824), Systema Algarum: 8 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Conferva moniliformis O.F.Müll. legitimate

Crosby, L.H. & Wood, E.J.F. (1958), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. I. Planktonic and allied species. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 85: 483–530 [secondary reference]

Foged, N. (1978), Diatoms in eastern Australia. Biblioth. Phycol 41: 1–243 [secondary reference]

Revelante, N. & Gilmartin, M. (1978), Characteristics of the microplankton and nanoplankton communities of an Australian coastal plain estuary. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res 29: 9–18 [secondary reference]

John, J. (1983), The diatom flora of the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 64: 1–358 [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: 129 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Melosira borreri Grev. legitimate

• 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: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Conferva moniliformis O.F.Müll. legitimate

• Comment: Estuarine, marine and hypersaline
• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld, N.S.W. (Sydney), Vic. (Lakes Entrance), Tas. (Ralphs Bay, River Derwent), W.A. (Perth )
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (NW and E coasts), Canada, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean, near North Pole ('cf.'), Spain, Black Sea, Aral Sea, West Africa, Japan, Alaska, Bering Sea, Peru, New Zealand, Antarctica

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - AAL [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Conferva moniliformis O.F.Müll. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melosira varians var. moniliformis (O.F.Müll.) Playfair legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melosira borreri Grev. legitimate

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