Lebour, M.V. (1917), The peridiniales of Plymouth Sound from the region beyond the breakwater. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ser. 2, 11: 190, fig 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Great Britain
• Type comment: One specimen only in July 1915

Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921), The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellates. Memoirs of the University of California 5: - [secondary reference]

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

Wood, E.J.F. (1963), Dinoflagellates in the Australian region. III – Further collections. Tech. Pap. Div. Fish. Oceanogr. CSIRO 17: 1–20 [secondary reference]

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

• Comment: K&S#83 Lebour 1917b
• Habitat: Neritic

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

• Distribution: Coral Sea
• Ex.distribution: British Isles, Aegean Sea

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Balechina gracilis (Bergh) F.Gómez, Artigas & Gast legitimate

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