Pleurosigmataceae
Pleurosigma normanii Ralfs , legitimate, scientific
Pritchard, A. (1861), History of the Infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and Foreign: 919 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: “Europe”
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]
McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
  • Distribution: N & NW Australia
  • Ex.distribution: S Chile, South Atlantic Ocean, S Brazil, Venezuela, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Virginia), Canada (Nova Scotia), Canary Islands, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Philippines