Murray, G. & Whitting, F. (1899), New Peridiniaceae from the Atlantic. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 5 (9): 330, pl XXXI, figs 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: ... its distribution from the Azores to Panama

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

Hallegraeff, G.M. & Lucas, I.A.N. (1988), The marine dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis (Dinophyceae): photosynthetic, neritic and non-photosynthetic, oceanic species. Phycologia Edn. 1, 27: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phalacroma cuneus F.Schütt legitimate

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

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