Schmidle, W. (1898), Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika. XVI. Unter Mitwirkung der Beamten des Kön. bot. Musetuns und Jes Kün. bot. Gartens zu Berlin, sowie anderer Botaniker. Botanisches Jahrbüch für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 26: 52, pl. IV: fig. 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Central African Lakes: Victoria Nyansa

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]

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: Tasmania, Northern Territory

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