Lohmann, H. (1908), Untersuchungen zur Feststellung des vollstanfingendes Meeres an Plankton. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. Abteilung Kiel 10: 147, 199, 202, 254, 161, 324 pl 17 fig 9 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Baltic Sea off Kiel

Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921), The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellates. Memoirs of the University of California 5: - [secondary reference]

Wood, E.J.F. (1963), Dinoflagellates in the Australian region. III – Further collections. Tech. Pap. Div. Fish. Oceanogr. CSIRO 17: - [secondary reference]

Loeblich (III), A.R. (1965), Dinoflagellate nomenclature. Taxon 14(1): 29 [basionym]

basionym of: Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) A.R.Loebl. legitimate

Hansen, G.I. (1995), Analysis of the thecal plate pattern in the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) comb. nov. (= Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich). Phycologia 34 (2): 166, figs 1–19 [basionym]

basionym of: Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) G.I.Hansen legitimate

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

• AMANI dist.: Barents Sea, White Sea

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) G.I.Hansen legitimate

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) G.I.Hansen legitimate

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