Kent, W.S. (1881), Manual of the Infusoria 1: 457 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Peridinium trichoceros Ehrenb. legitimate

Kofoid, C.A. (1908), Exuviation, autonomy and regeneration in Ceratium. University of California Publications in Zoology 4 (6): 362 [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]

nomenclatural synonym: Peridinium trichoceros Ehrenb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium tripos f. claviceps Schröd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium trichoceros f. claviceps (Schröd.) J.Schiller nom. illeg.

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

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

• AMANI dist.: Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait, Cosmopolitan
• Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic
• 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]

nomenclatural synonym: Peridinium trichoceros Ehrenb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Neoceratium trichoceros (Ehrenb.) F.Gómez, D.Moreira & López-García nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Ceratium hundhausenii Schröd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratium carriense f. hundhausenii (Schröd.) E.J.F.Wood legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ceratium tripos f. claviceps Schröd. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos trichoceros (Ehrenb.) F.Gómez legitimate

ABRS (2023), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2023 (Australian algal updates): - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tripos trichoceros (Ehrenb.) F.Gómez legitimate

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