Gourret, P. (1883), Sur les Peridiniens du Golfe de Marseille. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Marseille 1 (8): 38-39, pl. IV, fig. 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Vallon des Auffes [Gulf of Marseille] and Carry [le Rouet]. Mediterranean Sea (France).

Gourret, P. (1883), Sur les Peridiniens du Golfe de Marseille. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Marseille 1 (8): 43 [basionym]

basionym of: Neoceratium carriense (Gourret) 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]

Jeffrey, S.W. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (1980), Studies of phytoplankton species and photosynthetic pigments in a warm core eddy of the East Australian Current. I. Summer populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 3: 285–294 [secondary reference]

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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]

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]

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

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.

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

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

• AMANI dist.: Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait
• Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic
• Graphic: Huisman 1989: fig. 19
• 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 tripos var. massiliense Gourret legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium volans Cleve legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos var. protuberans G.Karst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos f. armatum G.Karst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium massiliense (Gourret) G.Karst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos f. protuberans (G.Karst.) Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium massiliense var. armatum (G.Karst.) Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium carriense var. volans (Cleve) Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium protuberans (G.Karst.) Paulsen legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium carriense var. massiliense (Gourret) Huisman legitimate

• Distribution: Qld (Gulf of Carpentaria, Coral Sea, Great Barrier Reef, SE coast), East Australian Current, N.S.W., Vic., Bass Strait, Tas., S.A. (Kangaroo Island), W.A. (SW, North-west Shelf)
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, South Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (California, E and NE coasts), Canada (Nova Scotia), Canary Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, British Isles, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, western Pacific Ocean, tasman Sea, New Zealand, Southern Ocean, Pacific coast of Mexico, Peru, SE Pacific Ocean

Hallegraeff, G. et al. (2020), The marine planktonic dinoflagellate Tripos: 60 years of species-level distributions in Australian waters. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 394 [basionym]

basionym of: Tripos carriensis (Gourret) Hallegr. & Huisman legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos carriensis (Gourret) Hallegr. & Huisman legitimate

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