Wallich, G.C. (1860), On the siliceous organisms found in the digestive cavities of the Salpae, and their relation to the flint nodules of the Chalk Formation. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London 8: 42, pl. 2, figs 3, 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: ?

Crosby, L.H. & Wood, E.J.F. (1958), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. I. Planktonic and allied species. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 85: 483–530 [secondary reference]

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]

Romero, O.E., Armand, L.K., Crosta, X., Pichon, J.-J. (2005), The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean surface sediments: 3. Tropical/subtropical species. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 223: 49–65 [secondary reference]

Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. (2005), Diatoms. Antarctic Marine Protists: 13–201 [secondary reference]

Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. in Scott, F.J. & Marchant, H.J. (ed.) (2005), Diatoms. Antarctic Marine Protists: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.

ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]

• AMANI dist.: Australian Antarctic Territory
• Graphic: Scott & Thomas 2004: fig 2.26 a-f
• Habitat: Oceanic
• Habit: Planktonic
• Nutrition: Autotrophic

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

• Distribution: N & NW Australia, Coral Sea, N.S.W. (E of Port Hacking), S of Tas.
• Ex.distribution: South Atlantic Ocean, S Brazil, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, British Isles, Portugal, Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Italy), Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, SE India, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, South China Sea, Japan, W Pacific Ocean, N Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, Southern Ocean, Antarctica

Gómez, F., Wang, L., Hernández-Becerril, D.U., Lisunova, Y.O., Lopes, R.M. & Lin, S. (2017), Revision of the genus Achnanthes sensu lato section Marginulatae Bukh. sect. nov. of Achnanthidium Kütz. Diatom Research 32(1): 26, figs 1-23 [basionym]

basionym of: Actinocyclus cuneiformis (G.C.Wall.) F.Gómez, Lu Wang & Senjie Lin legitimate

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actinocyclus cuneiformis (G.C.Wall.) F.Gómez, Lu Wang & Senjie Lin legitimate

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