Pleurosigmataceae
Pleurosigma directum Grunow , legitimate, scientific
Cleve, P.T. & Grunow, A. (1880), Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 4 17: 53 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Arctic (?)
Hallegraeff, G.M. & Jeffrey, S.W. (1984), Tropical phytoplankton species and pigments of continental shelf waters of north and north-west Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 20: 59–74 [secondary reference]
Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. (2005), Diatoms. Antarctic Marine Protists: 13–201 [secondary reference]
Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Benthic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 120 [secondary reference]
McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
  • Distribution: N & NW Australia, Tas. (SE coast)
  • Ex.distribution: U.S.A. (NE coast), British Isles, Mediterranean Sea, W and S India, W, N Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, Antarctica