Karst., G. (1905), Wiss. Ergeb. Deutschen Tiefsee-Exped. 'Valdivia': 145, pl. 22, fig. 27 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean

Jørgensen, E. (1911), Internat. Rev. Ges. Hydrobiol. Hydrogr: - [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratium tripos f. protuberans (G.Karst.) Jørg. legitimate

Paulsen (1931), Trab. Inst. Espan. Oceanogr 4: 89 [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratium protuberans (G.Karst.) Paulsen legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium protuberans (G.Karst.) Paulsen legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium tripos f. protuberans (G.Karst.) Jørg. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ceratium carriense Gourret legitimate

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 19 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos protuberans F.Gómez nom. inval.

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 16 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos muelleri var. protuberans F.Gómez nom. inval.

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 13 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos massiliensis var. protuberans F.Gómez nom. inval.

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 13 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos massiliensis f. protuberans F.Gómez nom. inval.

Gómez, F. (2021), Speciation and infrageneric classification in the planktonic dinoflagellate Tripos (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Current Chinese Science 1(3): 368 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos macroceros (Ehrenb.) Hallegr. & Huisman legitimate

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