Playfair, G. (1913), Plankton of the Sydney water-supply. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales XXXVII: 544 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Peridinium africanum Lemmerm. legitimate

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

John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. (2002), The freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Peridinium africanum Lemmerm. legitimate

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

• Comment: Playfair 1920 Proc Linn Soc NSW 19:802 states his specimens were not this taxon (as he had stated earlier). He named his specimens P. caudatum var planktonicum.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Peridinium caudatum var. planktonicum Playfair legitimate

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Parvodinium africanum (Lemmerm.) Carty legitimate

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