Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843), Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1841: 388 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Navicula fastuosa Ehrenb. legitimate

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]

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

Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Benthic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 125 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Navicula fastuosa Ehrenb. legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld (Heron Island, Capricorn Coast, Moreton Bay), N.S.W. (Lake Macquarie, Botany Bay, Port Hacking), Vic. (Mallacoota Inlet, Lakes Entrance), Tas. (Ansons Bay, Little Swanport), W.A. (King George Sound, Perth)
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Pacific coast of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean Sea, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands

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