Loeblich, A.R., III, Sherley, J.L. & Schmidt, R.J. (1979), The correct position of flagellar insertion in Prorocentrum and description of Prorocentrum rhathymum sp. nov. (Pyrrhophyta). Journal of Plankton Research Edn. 2, 1: 118-119, figs 8-13 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Cinnamon Bay, St. Johns, Virgin Islands
• Type illustration: Holotype is fig 10 in protologue

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

• Habitat: Neritic

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]

Murray, S. (2010), Benthic dinoflagellates. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 213–259 [secondary reference]

Adjani, P., Ingleton, T., Pritchard, T. & Armand, L. (2011), Microalgal blooms in the coastal waters of New South Wales, Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 133: 15–31 [secondary reference]

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

• Comment: A potentially harmful, bloom-forming species
• Distribution: tropical Australia [Murray et al., 2009], N.S.W. (Port Macquarie, Botany Bay, Lake Illawarra), Tas. (E coast)
• Ex.distribution: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Florida), Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Italy, Greece), Persian Gulf, Malaysia, New Caledonia, South China Sea, Japan

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