• Pinnularia distans : W. Smith (1853)
• Navicula distans : (W.Smith) Schmidt (1876)

Solitary. In girdle view appear rectangular, slightly constricted in the middle. In valve view they appear lanceolate. On the surface of the valve there are radial striae. The cell contains two chloroplasts, one on each side of the raphe.

Marine, planktonic.

Distribution: as Navicula distans, Europe: Romania (Caraus, 2002); Atlantic: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al., 2003).

The algae of Romania., Studii si Cercetari, Universitatea Bacau, Biologie 7, Caraus I., 2002, 1-694

Proctoctista. In: Lista de especies marinas de Canarias (algas, hongos, plantas y animales). (Moro, L., Martín, J.L., Garrido, M.J. & Izquierdo, I. Eds), Las Palmas: Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias., Gil-Rodríguez M.C., Haroun R., Ojeda Rodríguez A., Berecibar Zugasti E., Domínguez Santana P., Herrera Morán B., 2003, 5 - 30