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basionym: Podosira subtilis Ostenf. 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]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Podosira subtilis Ostenf. legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N.T./Qld (Gulf of Carpentaria), Qld (SE coast), N.S.W. (Central Coast), Vic., Tas. (Bass Str., E coast), East Australian Current, W.A. (NW Shelf)
• Ex.distribution: North Atlantic Ocean, British Isles, North Sea, Spain, Portugal, China, Japan, western Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, New Zealand

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