Ostenfeld, C.E.H. & Schmidt, J. (1901), Plankton fra det Rode Hav og Adenbugten [Plankton of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn 25: 163, fig 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden

Okamura, K. (1907), An annotated list of plankton microorganisms of the Japanese coast. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6: - [secondary reference]

Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 277 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Ceratium teres Kof. legitimate by Okamura, K. (1907), An annotated list of plankton microorganisms of the Japanese coast. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6: -

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 pentagonum Gourret legitimate

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

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