Cleve, P.T. (1894), Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., ser. 2 26: 63 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Navicula powellii F.W.Lewis 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]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Navicula powellii F.W.Lewis legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld (Heron Island)
• Ex.distribution: Mexico (Baja California), Colombia, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Florida), Adriatic Sea

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