Round, F.E. et al. (1990), Diatoms: 664 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Asterionella glacialis Castrac. legitimate

Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Planktonic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 73 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Asterionella glacialis Castrac. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asterionella japonica Cleve legitimate

• Distribution: All Australian coastal waters
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Washington, NE coast), Canada (Nova Scotia), North Atlantic Ocean, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Canary Islands, Black Sea, Arabian Sea, Japan, China, Korean Peninsula, SW, W and N Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, Antarctic Ocean

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