Murray, G. & Whitting (1900), Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. Bot 5: 335, pl. 33, fig. 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean

Wood, E.J.F. (1963), Dinoflagellates in the Australian region. II – Recent collections. Tech. Pap. Div. Fish. Oceanogr. CSIRO 14: 1–55 [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]

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

doubtful taxonomic synonym: Histioneis pulchra Kof. legitimate

• Comment: Synonymy after F.Gómez, A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans, Acta Bot. Croat. 64: 129–212 (2005)
• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Coral Sea, N.S.W. (off Sydney)
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Indian Ocean, Philippines, South China Sea, Japan, East China Sea, Coral Sea, central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, Peru-Chile Current, Mexico (Pacific coast)

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