Meunier, A. (1910), Microplankton Mers Barents et Kara: 264, pl. 29, figs 67–70 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Barents 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]

Hallegraeff, G.M. (1984), Species of the diatom genus Thalassiosira in Australian waters. Botanica Marina 27: 495–513 [secondary reference]

Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Planktonic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 61 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Qld (Coral Sea), N.S.W. (Sydney to Eden), Vic. (Port Phillip Bay), Tas.
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, NW and E U.S.A., Canada (Bay of Fundy), British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Canary Islands, Yellow Sea, China, Japan, New Zealand

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