Grunow, A. (1862), Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 378, pl. 7, fig. 25a–c [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Adriatic Sea

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]

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]

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N & NW Australia, Qld (Heron Island)
• Ex.distribution: S Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Florida, Virginia), Canary Islands, British Isles, Mediterranean Sea (France), Adriatic Sea, Thailand (Andaman Sea), Indonesia

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