Bailey, J.W. (1856), Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2 22: 5, pl. 1, figs 18, 19 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Russia (Sea of Okhotsk)

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]

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N.S.W. (Sydney, South Coast), Vic., Tas., W of Bass Str.
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick), Canary Islands, British Isles, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Spain, Bay of Biscay, Portugal, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Russia (Sea of Okhotsk), Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, W, N and E Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, Southern Ocean

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