Greville, R.K. (1865), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3: 2, pl. 5, figs 1–21 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: China (Hong Kong)

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]

Stosch, H.A. (1986), Some marine diatoms from the Australian Region, especially from Port Phillip Bay and tropical north-eastern Australia. II Survey of the genus Palmeria and of the family Lithodesmiaceae including the new genus Lithodesmioides. Brunonia 9: 29–87 [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, N.T./Qld (Gulf of Carpentaria)
• Ex.distribution: NE and S Brazil, Venezuela (Orinoco), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Florida), Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Java Sea, South China Sea, China (Hong Kong), Papua New Guinea

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