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basionym: Rhynchomonas spinifer Lohmann legitimate

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 171–351 [secondary reference]

Jeffrey, S.W. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (1980), Studies of phytoplankton species and photosynthetic pigments in a warm core eddy of the East Australian Current. I. Summer populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 3: Table 2 [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: 375 [secondary reference]

Balech, E. (1988), Los Dinoflagelados del Atlantico Sudoccidental Edn. Numero 1: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rhynchomonas spinifer Lohmann legitimate taxonomic synonym: Protodinifer tentaculum Kof. & Swezy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pronoctiluca tentacula (Kof. & Swezy) Fabre-Dom. nom. illeg. misapplication: Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Dom. legitimate by Kofoid, C.A. (1931), Report of the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 18. Protozoan Fauna of Mutsu Bay. Subclass Dinoflagellata, tribe Gymnodinioidae. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University Series 4, Volume 6 (1): 5

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

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

• AMANI dist.: Eastern Australian Current, Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific

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

nomenclatural synonym: Rhynchomonas spinifer Lohmann legitimate

• Distribution: N.S.W. (Trial Bay, Port Hacking, Sydney Harbour, off Sydney), East Australian Current, Vic. (Port Phillip Bay)
• Ex.distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Pacific Ocean, Peru-Chile Current

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

nomenclatural synonym: Rhynchomonas spinifer Lohmann legitimate taxonomic synonym: Protodinifer tentaculum Kof. & Swezy legitimate

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