Ostenfeld, C.E.H. (1901), Phytoplankton fra det Kapiske Hav. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn 1901: - [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Caspian Sea

Dodge, J.D. (1975), The Prorocentrales (Dinophyceae). II Revision of the taxonomy within the genus Prorocentrum. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 71: 118 [basionym]

basionym of: Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenf.) J.D.Dodge legitimate

Velikova, V. & Larsen, J. (1999), The Prorocentrum cordatum / Prorocentrum minimum taxonomic problem. Grana 38: - [secondary reference]

Krakhmalny, A.F., Tishaeva, M.V., Panina, Z.A. & Krakhmaly, M.A. (2004), A problem of identity Prorocentrum cordatum (Ost.) Dodge and P. minimum (Pavill.) Schiller. International Journal on Algae (Algologia) 6 (4): - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenf.) J.D.Dodge legitimate

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenf.) J.D.Dodge legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Prorocentrum minimum (Pavill.) J.Schiller legitimate

• Habitat: This toxic, bloom-forming species is known from marine and brackish waters
• Distribution: Common in the Australian plankton, e.g. Lake Macquarie and Hawkesbury Estuary (N.S.W., and off Sydney), Hopkins Estuary (Vic.), Peel-Harvey Estuary and Swan River (W.A.), Port Lincoln (S.A.) and Georges Bay (Tas.) [Hallegraeff et al., 2010]
• Ex.distribution: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Florida, E coast), British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea,

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenf.) J.D.Dodge legitimate

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