Karsten, G. in Chun, C. (ed.) (1906), Das Phytoplankton des Atlantischen Ozeans nach dem Material der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. Wissenschafliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer 'Valdivia' 1898-1899 Bd 2 Teil 2: 142, pl. 20 fig. 8-12 [tax. nov.]

• Comment: As Ceratium tripos lunula throughout publication
• Type locality: Victoria, ... Station 56, ... Station 90, 97, .. Port Elizabeth, .. Station 45, 55, 65, 67. South Africa

Jørgensen, E. (1911), Die Ceratien. Eine kurze Monographie der Gattung Ceratium Schrank. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 4 (Biol. Suppl.) ser. 2: 51 [secondary reference]

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

Revelante, N., Williams, W.T. & Bunt, J.S. (1982), Temporal and spatial distribution of diatoms, dinoflagellates and Trichodesmium in waters of the Great Barrier Reef Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 63: 27–46 [secondary reference]

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]

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 lunula f. megaceros Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium lunula f. brachyceros Jørg. legitimate

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

• Comment: Schimpers orginal name for this taxon in Karsten 1905 was a trinomial Ceratium tripos lunula (see Balech 1988 Los Dinoflagelados del Atlantico Sudoccidental p. 144). Jorgensen is credited with the binomial.
• AMANI dist.: Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait, World wide
• Habit: Planktonic
• Nutrition: Autotrophic
• Graphic: Huisman 1989: figs 45, 50: Steidinger & Tangen 1997 In Tomas CR (ed) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton plate 29
• Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Neoceratium lunula (A.Schimp. ex G.Karst.) F.Gómez, D.Moreira & López-García nom. illeg.

• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Qld (Great Barrier Reef, SE coast), N.S.W., east Australian Current, Vic. (S of Port Fairy), Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, W.A.
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, South Africa, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (NE coast), Canary Islands, Spain, British Isles, red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, South 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): 12 [basionym]

basionym of: Tripos lunula (A.Schimp. ex G.Karst.) F.Gómez legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos lunula (A.Schimp. ex G.Karst.) F.Gómez legitimate

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