original description
Kofoid, C.A. (1911). Dinoflagellata of the San Diego Region, V: On Spiraulax, a New Genus of the Peridinida. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 8: 295-300, pl. 19. [details]
basis of record
Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6311 [details]