Brébisson A. de (1854), Note sur quelques diatomées marines rares ou peu connues, du littoral de Cherbourg. Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 2: 255, pl. 1, fig. 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: France

Crosby, L.H. & Wood, E.J.F. (1959), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. II. Normally epontic and benthic genera. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 86: 1–58 [secondary reference]

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

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

• Comment: In estuarine and marine habitats
• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld (Heron Island, Noosa), N.S.W. (Byron Bay, Lake Conjola)
• Ex.distribution: NE Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Florida, Virginia), British Isles, France, North Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea, Japan

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