Ersch, J.S. & Gruber, J.G. (1827), Allgemeine encyclopädie der wissenschaften und künste in alphabetischer folge von genannten schrifts bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J. S. Ersch und J. G. Gruber 16(1): 63 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cercaria tripos O.F.Müll. legitimate

Ersch, J.S. & Gruber, J.G. (1827), Allgemeine encyclopädie der wissenschaften und künste in alphabetischer folge von genannten schrifts bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J. S. Ersch und J. G. Gruber 16(1): taf. 13 fig 24. [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Ceratium tripos var. berghii Lemmerm. legitimate

Bergh, R.S. (1881), Der organismus der Cilioflagellaten. Eine phylogenetische Studie. Morphologische Jahrb Edn. 2, 7: 216 [secondary reference]

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 284 [secondary reference]

Jeffrey, S.W. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (1980), Studies of phytoplankton species and photosynthetic pigments in a warm core eddy of the East Australian Current. I. Summer populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 3: 285–294 [secondary reference]

Revelante, N., Williams, W.T. & Bunt, J.S. (1982), Temporal and spatial distribution of diatoms, dinoflagellates and Trichodesmium in waters of the Great Barrier Reef Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 63: 27–46 [secondary reference]

Hallegraeff, G.M. & Jeffrey, S.W. (1984), Tropical phytoplankton species and pigments of continental shelf waters of north and north-west Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 20: 59–74 [secondary reference]

Hallegraeff, G.M. & Reid, D.D. (1986), Phytoplankton species successions and their hydrological environment at a coastal station off Sydney. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res 37: 361–377 [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M. (1989), The genus Ceratium (Dinophyceae) in Bass Strait and adjoining waters, southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 2: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cercaria tripos O.F.Müll. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tripos muelleri Bory legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos var. balticum F.Schütt legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium arcuatum (Gourret) Vanhöffen legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos f. atlanticum Ostenf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium pulchellum Schröd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium pulchellum f. posticojuvenile Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium pulchellum f. tripodoides Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos var. tripodioides (Jørg.) Paulsen legitimate

Huisman, J.M. (1989), The genus Ceratium Schrank (Dinophyceae) in Bass Strait and adjoining waters, southern Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot 2: 425–454 [secondary reference]

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

McMinn, A. & Scott, F.J. (2005), Dinoflagellates. Antarctic Marine Protists: 202–250 [secondary reference]

ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]

• AMANI dist.: Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait, Southern Ocean, New Zealand, Cosmopolitan
• Nutrition: Autotrophic
• Graphic: Huisman 1989: figs 2, 48; Steidinger & Tangen 1997 In Tomas CR (ed) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton plate 26; McMinn 2004 fig 3.12 d
• Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic

Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Huisman, J.M. & de Salas, M.F. (2010), Planktonic dinoflagellates. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 145–212 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

• Comment: Vulnerable (ANZECC)
• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Victoria

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cercaria tripos O.F.Müll. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Neoceratium tripos (O.F.Müll.) F.Gómez, D.Moreira & López-García nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos f. atlanticum Ostenf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium pulchellum Schröd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos var. atlanticum (Ostenf.) Paulsen legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium pulchellum f. subpulchellum Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium pulchellum f. tripodioides Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos var. tripodioides (Jørg.) Paulsen legitimate

• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Coral Sea, Qld (Great Barrier Reef, SE coast), N.S.W., East Australian Current, Vic. (Port Phillip Bay), Bass Strait, Tas. (River Derwent)
• Ex.distribution: South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Alaska, NE coast), Canada (E coast), North Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Bay of Biscay, Spain, Portugal, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, White Sea, Kara Sea, Arctic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, western Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, SW Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, Southern Ocean (S of Australia), eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of Mexico

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos muelleri Bory legitimate

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