Murray, G. & Whitting (1900), Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. Bot 5: 328, pl. 27, fig. 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean

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

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. & 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]

Dodge, J.D. & Saunders, R.D. (1985), A partial revision of the genus Oxytoxum (Dinophyceae) with aid of scanning electron microscopy. Botanica Marina 18: 99–122, figs 53–55 [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]

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]

taxonomic synonym: Oxytoxum subulatum Kof. legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, N.S.W. (Trial Bay, off Sydney), Tas. (Bass Str.), Indian Ocean (off W.A.)
• Ex.distribution: Subtropical Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, E Pacific Ocean

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