Cleve, P.T. (1897), Treatise Phytoplankton Northern Atlantic & Tributaries: 24, pl. 2, fig. 32 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Sweden, Svalbard

Heiden, H. & Kolbe, R.W. (1928), Deutsch. Südpol. Exped 5: 672 [basionym]

basionym of: Pseudonitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pseudonitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden legitimate

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