Cleve, P.T. (1873), Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl: 7 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gallionella sulcata Ehrenb. legitimate

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]

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

Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Benthic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 129 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gallionella sulcata Ehrenb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melosira sulcata (Ehrenb.) Kütz. legitimate

• Comment: Marine and estuarine habitats
• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N & NW Australia, Qld, N.S.W., Vic., Tas., S.A., W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: Argentina, U.S.A. (NE coast), Canada (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), British Isles, Arctic Ocean, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Spain, Black Sea, China, Japan, Alaska, Bering Sea, New Zealand, Campbell Island, Antarctica, Pacific coast of Mexico

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