Schütt, F. in Hensen, V.A.C. (ed.) (1892), Das Pflanzenleben der Hochsee. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung Bd 1A: 299, text fig. 81 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean
• AMANI comment: No description accompanied the binomial, the name is therefore invalid.

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 171–351 [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. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 63: - [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]

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

• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (tropical), Queensland (tropical), Cosmopolitan, warm temperate and tropical
• Graphic: Taylor 1976 Bibliotheca Botanica 132: pl. 2 fig 20
• Habitat: Oceanic
• Habit: Planktonic

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

• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, E coast, Lord Howe Island
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea, South China Sea, South Korea, Mexico (Pacific coast)

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