Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921), The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellates. Memoirs of the University of California 5: 322 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gymnodinium ovatum Gourret legitimate

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gymnodinium ovatum Gourret legitimate

• Distribution: N.S.W. (off Sydney), northern Tasman Sea
• Ex.distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea (France)

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