West, W. & West, G.S. (1895), A contribution to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Madagascar. Transactions of the Linnean Society of Botany, London 5: 78, pl. 8: fig. 42 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Madagascar

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: 240 [basionym]

basionym of: Staurastrum tetracerum var. excavatum (West & G.S.West) Playfair legitimate

Croasdale, H.T., Flint, E.A. & Racine, M.M. (1994), Flora of New Zealand: Freshwater Algae, Chlorophyta, Desmids with ecological comments on their habitats 3: - [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]

Dingley, M.O. (2003), Desmids (Chlorophyta) from two freshwater sites in Victoria with an emphasis on new records. Victorian Naturalist 120: - [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Staurastrum tetracerum var. excavatum (West & G.S.West) Playfair legitimate

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

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2015), Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [secondary reference]

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