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• Type locality: None provided

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taxonomic synonym: Prorocentrum diamantinae E.J.F.Wood legitimate

• Comment: A potentially harmful, bloom-forming species
• Distribution: Coral Sea, East Australian Current, N.S.W. (off Sydney), Vic. (Port Phillip Bay), Tas. (S coast)
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (Washington), Canada (British Columbia), Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Indonesia, East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Mexico (Pacific coast), Peru

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