Cleve, P.T. (1901), Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svensk. Vetensk.-Akad: 933, fig. 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Faeroes, southern Indian Ocean

Hallegraeff, G.M. & Jeffrey, S.W. (1984), Tropical phytoplankton species and pigments of continental shelf waters of north and north-west Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 20: 59–74 [secondary reference]

Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Planktonic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 63 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N & NW Australia, Bass Str.
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (California, Washington), equatorial Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Faeroes, southern Indian Ocean, Japan, N and W Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, Antarctica

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