Cleve, P.T. (1900), Treatise Phytoplankton Northern Atlantic & Tributaries: 24, pl. 2, fig. 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Japan

Hasle (1993), Beih. Nova Hedwigia 106: 319 [basionym]

basionym of: Pseudonitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) Hasle legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pseudonitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) Hasle legitimate

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