Kofoid, C.A. (1907), Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. Harvard Coll 50: 170, pl. 3, fig. 22 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

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

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

Jeffrey, S.W. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (1987), Phytoplankton pigments, species and light climate in a complex warm-core eddy of the East Australian Current. Deep Sea Res., Part A 34: 649–673 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: East Australian Current, Indian Ocean W of Australia
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Red Sea, Bay of Bengal, South China Sea, East China Sea, North Pacific Ocean, south-western Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, Peru

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 4 [basionym]

basionym of: Tripos bigelowii (Kof.) F.Gómez legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos bigelowii (Kof.) F.Gómez legitimate

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