Mangin, L. (1922), Phytoplancton Antarctique Expedition Antarctique de la "Scotia". Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences de l'Institut de France 57(5): 80, fig. 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Between 13oLat N & 36 0 Lat N. North Atlantic Ocean

Bohm, A. (1936), Dinoflagellates of the coastal waters of the western Pacific. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 137: 39 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Peridinium spinosum J.Schiller legitimate taxonomic synonym: Peridinium areolatum N.Peters legitimate

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.

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): 67 [basionym]

basionym of: Protoperidinium solidicorne (L.Mangin) 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 solidicorne (L.Mangin) Balech legitimate

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