Cleve, P.T. (1900), Notes on some Atlantic plankton organisms. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 34 (1): 13, pl. 7, fig. 6, 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Azores & west of the Spanish Peninsula

Cleve, P.T. (1900), Notes on some Atlantic plankton organisms. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 34 (1): 43 [basionym]

basionym of: Neoceratium azoricum (Cleve) F.Gómez, D.Moreira & López-García legitimate

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 171–351 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Ceratium petersii Steem.Niels. legitimate

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

• Comment: Cleve uses the citation Ceratium (tripos var.) azoricum N. sp.
• AMANI dist.: Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait, New Zealand
• Habitat: Neritic
• Habit: Planktonic

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]

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

taxonomic synonym: Ceratium petersii Steem.Niels. legitimate

• Distribution: East coast: Qld (Moreton Bay) to N.S.W. (Eden), Tas. (SE coast), W.A. (off Albany, W coast)
• Ex.distribution: South Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Azores, Canary Islands, U.S.A. (California, NE coast), North Atlantic Ocean, France, British Isles, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean, eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, Peru-Chile Current

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 3 Table 1 [basionym]

basionym of: Tripos azoricus (Cleve) F.Gómez legitimate

Algal Subcommittee (2021), CHAH Algal Subcommittee: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos azoricus (Cleve) F.Gómez legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos azoricus (Cleve) F.Gómez legitimate

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