Jørgensen, E. (1911), Die Ceratien. Eine kurze Monographie der Gattung Ceratium Schrank. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 4 (Biol. Suppl.) ser. 2: 10 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ceratium gravidum var. cephalotum Lemmerm. legitimate

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

Taylor, F.J.R. (1976), Dinoflagellates from the international Indian Ocean Expedition. A report on material collected by the R. V. 'Anton Bruun' 1963-1964. Bibliotheca Botanica 132: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ceratium gravidum var. cephalotum Lemmerm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium gravidum var. hydrocephala Schröd. legitimate

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, Western Australia (tropical), Queensland (temperate), Queensland (tropical), Tropics, Indian Ocean
• Habit: Planktonic
• Graphic: Taylor 1976 Bibliotheca Botanica 132: plate 11 fig. 106
• Habitat: Oceanic

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

nomenclatural synonym: Ceratium gravidum var. cephalotum Lemmerm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Neoceratium cephalotum (Lemmerm.) F.Gómez, D.Moreira & López-García nom. illeg.

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Qld (Moreton Bay), N.S.W. (Trial Bay)
• Ex.distribution: NE Brazil, Mexico (Gulf of California), Gulf of Mexico, tropical Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Japan, western Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands, South Pacific Ocean, eastern 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: 395, Table 2 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos cephalotus (Lemmerm.) F.Gómez legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos cephalotus (Lemmerm.) F.Gómez legitimate

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