Pouchet, C.H.G. (1883), Contribution a l'histoire des cilio-flagelles. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux 19: - [tax. nov.]

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

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ornithocercus thurni (A.W.F.Schmidt) Kof. & Skogsb. legitimate

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

• Comment: Wood 1954 Australian Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 52:208 indicates that this name may be a heterotypic synonym of O. thurni and on p. 209 cites the name under O. quadratus.

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