Pritchard, A. (1861), History of the Infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and Foreign: 859 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Tetragramma americana Bailey legitimate

Wood, E.J.F. (1961), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. IV. Descriptions of further sedentary species. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 88: 669–698 [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: 135 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Tetragramma americana Bailey legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld (Cairns), N.S.W. (Port Hacking), Vic. (Anderson Inlet), Tas. (Little Swanport), W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: Uruguay, Brazil, Pacific coast of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela, U.S.A. (NE coast), North Sea, Baltic Sea, Spain, E Mediterranean Sea, Russia (Sea of Okhotsk), Japan, New Zealand

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