Kofoid, C.A. & Michener, J.R. (1911), Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz. 22 New genera and species of dinoflagellates. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard Edn. 7, 54: 295 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Wood, E.J.F. (1963), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. II Recent collections. Division of Fisheries and Oceanography. Technical Paper Edn. No. 14: - [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Coral Sea
• Ex.distribution: Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Japan, eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

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