Ehrenberg, C.G. (1841), Über noch zahlreich jetzt lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin aus dem 1839: 75, pl. 4, fig. 13 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Germany (North Sea)

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]

Revelante, N. & Gilmartin, M. (1978), Characteristics of the microplankton and nanoplankton communities of an Australian coastal plain estuary. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res 29: 9–18 [secondary reference]

John, J. (1983), The diatom flora of the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 64: 1–358 [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), Lord Howe Island, W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Maine), E Canada, NW Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Spain, Portugal, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, East China Sea, eastern Pacific Ocean, New Zealand

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