Cleve, P.T. (1899), Plankton collected by the Swedish expedition to Spitzbegen in 1898. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 32 (3): 39, pl IV fig 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Arctic

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

Abé, T.H. (March 1967), The armoured Dinoflagellata: II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (B) - Dinophysis and its allied genera. Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Publications Edn. 1, 15: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dinophysis arctica Mereschk. legitimate

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

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