Hustedt, F. (1930), Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz: 645, fig. 366 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Chaetoceros neapolitanus Schröd. 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]

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]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Chaetoceros neapolitanus Schröd. legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N & NW Australia, Qld (Moreton Bay), N.S.W. (Port Hacking), W Bass Str.
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (California, NE coast), British Isles, Mediterranean Sea (Italy), Arabian Sea, Sea of Japan, W and SE Pacific Ocean

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