Pouchet, C.H.G. (1883), Contribution a l'histoire des cilio-flagelles. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux 19: 417, pl. XVII, XIX fig 1. [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Concarneau (Finistere), W. France

Jørgensen, E. (1920), Mediterranean Ceratia. Report of the Danish Oceanographic Expedition to the Mediterranean 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas II (Biol.) J. 1: 13 [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratium candelabrum var. depressum (C.H.G.Pouchet) Jørg. legitimate

Schiller, J. in Rabenhorst, L. (ed.) (1937), Dinoflagellatae. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz Bd 10 Abt 3: 366 [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratium candelabrum f. depressum (C.H.G.Pouchet) J.Schiller legitimate

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 273 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium candelabrum var. depressum (C.H.G.Pouchet) Jørg. legitimate

Huisman, J.M. (1989), The genus Ceratium (Dinophyceae) in Bass Strait and adjoining waters, southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 2: 425–454 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ceratium candelabrum (Ehrenb.) F.Stein legitimate

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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium candelabrum f. depressum (C.H.G.Pouchet) J.Schiller legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ceratium candelabrum (Ehrenb.) F.Stein legitimate

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