Ehrenberg, C.G. (1841), Über noch zahlreich jetzt lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin aus dem 1839: 73 (153) [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Mediterranean Sea (Algeria; fossil), North Sea (living)

Wood, E.J.F. (1961), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. IV. Descriptions of further sedentary species. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 88: 669–698 [secondary reference]

Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990), The diatoms. Biology and morphology of the Genera: - [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: New South Wales

McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - AAL [secondary reference]

• Distribution: N.S.W. (Sydney)
• Ex.distribution: S Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Florida, Virginia, Maine), Canada (New Brunswick), Iceland, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Spain, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, New Zealand, Peru

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