original descriptionMereschkowsky, C. (1903). Uber Placoneis, ein neues Diatomeen-Genus. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt, 15(1): 1-30, pl. 1.[details]
basis of recordHällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online athttp://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceRound, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]