Grunow, A. (1863), Über einige neue und ungenugend bekkante Arten und Gattungen von Diatomaceen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlechen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13: 152, pl. 14: fig. 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Brazil

Crosby, L.H. & Wood, E.J.F. (1959), Studies on Australian and New Zealand Diatoms. II. Normally Epontic and Benthic Gener. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86: - [secondary reference]

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

• Comment: An estuarine diatom
• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: N.S.W. (Lake Macquarie, Port Hacking)
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, Ecuador, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Malaysia, New Zealand.

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