Paulsen, O. (1907), The peridiniales of the Danish waters. Meddeleser fra Kommissionen for Havundersogelser. Serie Plankton Bd 1 No 5: 11-12, fig. 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: I have seen this species repeatedly in single specimens in the Danish waters and in Valencia harbour (Ireland).
• Type comment: Besides I have seen figures by van Breemen, representing specimens from the south-western North Sea.

Meunier, A. (1910), Microplankton des Mers de Barents et de Kara. Duc d'Oleans Campagne Arctique de 1907: 46 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplosalopsis orbicularis (Paulsen) Meunier legitimate

Lindemann, E. (1927), Uber einige Dinoflagellaten des Kaspischen Meeres. Archiv für Protistenkunde 59: 419 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplopsalis orbicularis (Paulsen) Er.Lindem. legitimate

Throndsen, J., Hasle, G.R. & Tangen, K. (2003), Norsk Kystplankton Flora: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplosalopsis orbicularis (Paulsen) Meunier legitimate

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

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

basionym of: Diplopsalis orbicularis (Paulsen) Er.Lindem. legitimate

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

basionym of: Diplosalopsis orbicularis (Paulsen) Meunier legitimate

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