Cleve, P.T. (1897), Fifteenth Annual Report of the Fisheries Board for Scotland, being for the year 1896. Part III. Scientific Investigations: 298, fig. 15 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Great Britain (Shetland Islands)

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: Qld (Fraser Island), N.S.W. (North, Central and South coasts), Vic., Tas (Bass Str.), W.A. (Perth to Broome).
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Sargasso Sea, U.S.A. (Alaska, California, NE coast), Canada (British Columbia), Canary Islands, British Isles, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, Portugal, Adriatic Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Fiji, Bering Sea, W and NE Pacific Ocean

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