Balech, E. (1974), El genero Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881 (Peridinium Ehrenberg 1831, partim). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia e instituto nacional de investigacion de las ciencias naturales. Hidrobiologya 4 (1): 60 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Peridinium elegans Cleve 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]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Peridinium elegans Cleve legitimate

• Distribution: N.S.W. (off Sydney), 'south-east coast' [Wood, 1954]
• Ex.distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Indian Ocean, Mexico (Pacific coast)

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