Schröder, B. (1900), Phytoplankton des Golfes von Neapel. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 14: 16, Taf. 1 fig 17 n [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: None cited in protologue

Schiller, J. in Rabenhorst, L. (ed.) (1937), Dinoflagellatae. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz Bd 10 Abt 3: 431 [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratium trichoceros f. claviceps (Schröd.) J.Schiller nom. illeg.

Sournia, A. (1973), Catalogue des especes et taxons infraspecifiques de Dinoflagelles marins actuels publies depuis la revision de J. Sciller. I Dinoflagelles libres. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 48: - [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 trichoceros (Ehrenb.) Kent legitimate

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

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

taxonomic synonym: Ceratium trichoceros (Ehrenb.) Kent legitimate

• Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Coral Sea, Qld (Great Barrier Reef, SE coast), East Australian Current, Lord Howe Island, N.S.W., Vic., Bass Strait, Tas., S.A., W.A.

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 16 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos muelleri var. macroceras (Schröd.) F.Gómez nom. inval.

Gómez, F. (2013), Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 11 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tripos inflexus f. claviceps F.Gómez nom. inval.

---