Pavillard, J. (1905), Recherches sur la flore pelagique (phytoplankton) de l'Etang de Thau. Travaux de l'Institut de Botanique de l'Universite de Montpellier et de la Station Zoologique de Cette 2: 53 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ceratium tripos var. contrarium Gourret 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 tripos var. contrarium Gourret legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ceratium trichoceros var. contrarium (Gourret) J.Schiller legitimate

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

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.: Queensland (tropical), Indian Ocean
• Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic
• Graphic: Taylor 1976: pl 21 fig 213
• Habit: Planktonic

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

nomenclatural synonym: Ceratium tripos var. contrarium Gourret legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ceratium trichoceros var. contrarium (Gourret) J.Schiller legitimate

• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Qld, N.S.W.
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Virginia), Canary Islands, Spain, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea, Japan, North Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, SW Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of Mexico, Peru

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos contrarius F.Gómez nom. inval.

Gómez, F. (2021), Speciation and infrageneric classification in the planktonic dinoflagellate Tripos (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Current Chinese Science 1(3): 368 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos macroceros (Ehrenb.) Hallegr. & Huisman legitimate

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