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: 420 fig A [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: ... sur les cotes de Provence ...

Gourret, P. (1883), Sur les Peridiniens du Golfe de Marseille. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Marseille 1 (8): 46, pl IV fig 68 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratium dilatatum Gourret legitimate

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

Huisman, J.M. (1989), The genus Ceratium (Dinophyceae) in Bass Strait and adjoining waters, southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 2: 425–454 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ceratium candelabrum (Ehrenb.) F.Stein legitimate

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

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