Gourret, P. (1883), Sur les Peridiniens du Golfe de Marseille. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Marseille 1 (8): 88, pl I fig 22 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Gulf of Marseille. Mediterranean Sea (France)

Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921), The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellates. Memoirs of the University of California 5: 322 [basionym]

basionym of: Gyrodinium ovatum (Gourret) Kof. & Swezy 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: Gyrodinium ovatum (Gourret) Kof. & Swezy legitimate

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