Jørgensen, E. (1923), Mediterranean Dinophysiaceae. Report of the Danish Oceanographic Expedition to the Mediterranean 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas II (Biol.) J. 2: 20, fig 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Stat 184

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 fortii Pavill. legitimate

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

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