Loeblich (III), A.R. (1976), Dinoflagellate evolution: speculation and evidence. Journal of Protozoology 23: 25 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Glenodinium trochoideum F.Stein legitimate

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]

Throndsen, J., Hasle, G.R. & Tangen, K. (2003), Norsk Kystplankton Flora: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Glenodinium trochoideum F.Stein legitimate taxonomic synonym: Glenodinium acuminatum Jørg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Peridinium trochoideum (F.Stein) Lemmerm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scrippsiella faeroense (Paulsen) Balech & L.O.Soares legitimate

McMinn, A. & Scott, F.J. (2005), Antarctic Marine Protists: 202–250 [secondary reference]

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

• AMANI dist.: Southern Ocean, Norway, Middle and lower latitudes of Nthn hemishere
• Graphic: McMinn 2004 fig 3.14 b

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: Glenodinium trochoideum F.Stein legitimate

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Common in Australian waters, occasionally in dense concentrations that can cause red-brown seawater discolouration (e.g. West Lakes, S.A. in 1983 and Hawkesbury Estuary, N.S.W. in 1991) [Hallegraeff et al., 2010]
• Ex.distribution: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (NE coast), Canary Islands, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, SW Africa, China, Japan, Antarctica

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scrippsiella acuminata (Ehrenb.) Kretschmann, Elbr., C.Zinssm., S.Soehner, Kirsch, Kusber & Gottschling legitimate

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