Borge, O. (1896), Australische Süsswasserchlorophyceen. Bihang til Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 22(Afd. III, 9): 16, pl. 2: fig. 24 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: North Queensland: Johnstone River (I.L. Bancroft)

Borge, O. (1896), Australische Süsswasserchlorophyceen. Bihang til Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 22(Afd. III, 9): - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Micrasterias anomala var. bifurcata (Borge) A.M.Scott & Prescott legitimate

Playfair, G. (1907), Some new or less known desmids found in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 180 [secondary reference]

Playfair, G. in Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (ed.) (1917), Census of New South Wales freshwater algae. A census of New South Wales plants : with supplements to follow on vascular cryptogams by various specialists Suppl. 1: 236 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Xanthidium bifurcatum var. simplex Playfair nom. inval. by Playfair, G. (1907), Some new or less known desmids found in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 180

Scott, A. & Prescott, G. (1961), Indonesian desmids. Hydrobiologia 17(1/2): 46 [basionym]

basionym of: Micrasterias anomala var. bifurcata (Borge) A.M.Scott & Prescott 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]

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