Jørgensen, E. (1911), Die Ceratien. Eine kurze Monographie der Gattung Ceratium Schrank. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 4 (Biol. Suppl.) ser. 2: 23, taf II, figs 40, 41 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: warmwaters Azores 20 Feb 1907, sudlichen Teil des Atlantischen Meeres, bei 27o 30' S 4o E. Atlantic Ocean, Azores.

Jørgensen, E. (1911), Die Ceratien. Eine kurze Monographie der Gattung Ceratium Schrank. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 4 (Biol. Suppl.) ser. 2: 45 [basionym]

basionym of: Neoceratium setaceum (Jørg.) 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: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Ceratium furca var. baltica K.Möbius legitimate by Entz, G. (1902), Quarnero Peridineai. Novenytani Kozlemenyek 1: - misapplication: Ceratium kofoidii Jørg. legitimate by Graham, H.W. & Bronikovsky, N. (1944), The genus Ceratium in the Pacific and the north Atlantic Oceans. Scientific Results Cruise VII Carnegie 5: 21

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]

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: 425–454 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Ceratium pentagonum Gourret legitimate by Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 171–351

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

• AMANI dist.: New South Wales, Western Australia (tropical), Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait, New Zealand
• Graphic: Huisman 1989: fig 10
• Habitat: Neritic
• 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]

• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Coral Sea, Qld (Great Barrier Reef, SE coast), N.S.W. (Trial Bay to Port Hacking), East Australian Current, Bass Strait
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, southern tropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Stream, U.S.A. (Virginia), Canary Islands, Azores, Portugal Spain, British Isles, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, western Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, SW 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): 23, figs 40, 41 [basionym]

basionym of: Tripos setaceus (Jørg.) F.Gómez legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos setaceus (Jørg.) F.Gómez legitimate

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