Weber, van-Bosse, A.A. (1901), Etude sur les algues de l'Archipel Malaisien. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 140-141, Pl XVII fig 3, 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Ceram [Sea, Malaysia?]

Lemmermann, E.J. (1903), Das Phytoplankton des meeres. II. Beitrag. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17(2): - [basionym]

basionym of: Dinophysis miles var. aggregata (Weber Bosse) Lemmerm. legitimate

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: 25–42 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dinophysis miles Cleve legitimate

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

• Comment: This synonymy is confirmed by Bohn 1936 Bishop Museum Bull No 137 p. 26.

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