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

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

basionym: Pinnularia ambigua Cleve legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Pinnularia ambigua Cleve legitimate

• Comment: Usually in marine and estuarine habitats
• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A., Greenland, Arctic Ocean, British Isles, North Sea, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Portugal, Spain, Black Sea

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