Heiden, H. & Kolbe, R.W. (1928), Deutsch. Südpol. Exped 5: 672 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Nitzschia delicatissima Cleve legitimate

Revelante, N. & Gilmartin, M. (1978), Characteristics of the microplankton and nanoplankton communities of an Australian coastal plain estuary. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res 29: 9–18 [secondary reference]

Hallegraeff, G.M. (1994), Species of the diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia in Australian waters. Botanica Marina 37: 397–411 [secondary reference]

Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Planktonic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 71 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Nitzschia delicatissima Cleve legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nitzschia actydrophila Hasle legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld (Coral Sea), East Australian Current, N.S.W. (Sydney), Tas.
• Ex.distribution: Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, British Isles, Denmark, Sweden, Svalbard, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Black Sea, China (Hong Kong), Japan, Southern Ocean

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