Schiller, J. (1937), Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz: 583, fig. 612 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gymnodinium polyphemus var. roseum C.H.G.Pouchet legitimate

Wood, E.J.F. (1963), Dinoflagellates in the Australian region. II – Recent collections. Tech. Pap. Div. Fish. Oceanogr. CSIRO 14: 1–55 [secondary reference]

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]

McMinn, A., Bolch, C.J.S., de Salas, M.F. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Recent dinoflagellate cysts. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 260–292 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gymnodinium polyphemus var. roseum C.H.G.Pouchet legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Coral Sea, N.S.W., Vic., Tas.
• Ex.distribution: North America, British Isles, North Sea, Skaggerak-Kattegat, Norwegian Sea, Portugal, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, Japan, eastern Russia

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gymnodinium polyphemus var. roseum C.H.G.Pouchet legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pouchetia rosea F.Schütt legitimate

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