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basionym: Dinopyxis compressa F.Stein legitimate

Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. in Tomas, C.R. (ed.) (1997), Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. Identifying Marine Phytoplankton: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dinopyxis compressa F.Stein legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Exuviaella compressa (F.Stein) Ostenf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prorocentrum lebourae J.Schiller legitimate taxonomic synonym: Exuviaella oblongata J.Schiller legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prorocentrum bidens J.Schiller legitimate taxonomic synonym: Exuviaella lenticulata Matzen. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Exuviaella elongata Rampi legitimate

Hoedt, F.E., Choat, J.H., Cruz, J.J., Neil, K.M. & Collins, J. (2001), Survey of the Port of Weipa: Port Marine Baseline Surveys and Surveys for Introduced Marine Pests.. Report by the School of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville: - [secondary reference]

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• Comment: Revelante et al 1982 J Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol 63:44 as Exuviaella compressa.
• AMANI dist.: Queensland (tropical), Southern Ocean, Norway
• Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic
• Habit: Planktonic
• Graphic: Steidinger & Tangen 1997 in Identifying Marine Phytoplankton :plate 9 Dodge 1985 Atlas of Dinoflagellates p. 13 fig A

Murray, S., Ip, C.L.-C., Moore, R., Nagahama, Y. & Fukuyo, Y. (2009), Are prorocentroid dinoflagellates monophyletic? A study of 25 species based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Protist 160: - [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]

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

• Distribution: Qld (Gulf of Carpentaria; cysts), N.S.W. (Broken Bay, Port Hacking), Vic. (Port Phillip Bay; cysts), Tas. (River Derwent, Tasman Peninsula), W.A. (Fremantle)
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Florida, Virginia), Canada (Bay of Fundy), North Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Spain, British Isles, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Arabian Sea, East China Sea, Japan, Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Southern Ocean

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