Paulsen, O. (1907), The peridiniales of the Danish waters. Meddeleser fra Kommissionen for Havundersogelser. Serie Plankton Bd 1 No 5: 19, fig. 28 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: North Sea (Denmark)

Schiller, J. in Rabenhorst, L. (ed.) (1937), Dinoflagellatae. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz Bd 10 Abt 3: 245 [basionym]

basionym of: Peridinium subinerme var. punctulatum (Paulsen) J.Schiller legitimate

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Peridinium subinerme var. punctulatum (Paulsen) J.Schiller legitimate

Balech, E. (1974), El genero Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881 (Peridinium Ehrenberg 1831, partim). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia e instituto nacional de investigacion de las ciencias naturales. Hidrobiologya 4 (1): 58 [basionym]

basionym of: Protoperidinium punctulatum (Paulsen) Balech 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: Protoperidinium punctulatum (Paulsen) Balech legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Protoperidinium punctulatum (Paulsen) Balech legitimate

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