Macartney, J. (1810), Observations upon luminous animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 100: 265, pl. 15, figs 9, 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Great Britain

Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921), The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellates. Memoirs of the University of California 5: 407, figs KK1–6 [basionym]

basionym of: Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kof. & Swezy legitimate

Dodge, J.D. (1982), Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) 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: Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kof. & Swezy legitimate

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kof. & Swezy legitimate

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