Cleve, P.T. (1895), Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., ser. 2: 148 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cocconeis fimbriata Brightw. legitimate

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]

Foged, N. (1978), Diatoms in eastern Australia. Biblioth. Phycol 41: 1–243 [secondary reference]

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

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nomenclatural synonym: Cocconeis fimbriata Brightw. legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld (Heron Island, Noosa), Lord Howe Island, W.A. (King George Sound, Perth, Shark Bay)
• Ex.distribution: SE Brazil, Venezuela, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Florida), Canary Islands, Mediterranean Sea (France, Italy, Turkey), Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Bay of Bengal, Philippines, Micronesia

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