Greg., W. (1857), Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 21: 490, pl. 1, fig. 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Great Britain

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]

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

Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Benthic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 86 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N.S.W. (Lake Macquarie), Tas., W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (NE coast), British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Canary Islands

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