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basionym: Peridinium pallidum Ostenf. legitimate

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]

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: Peridinium pallidum Ostenf. legitimate

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

• AMANI dist.: Norway

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

nomenclatural synonym: Peridinium pallidum Ostenf. legitimate

• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, N.S.W. (off Sydney); 'rare — Port Hacking, N.S.W., to Queensland' [Wood, 1954]
• Ex.distribution: Canary Islands, North Atlantic Ocean (Denmark Strait), British Isles, Norway, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, West Africa, Japan

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