Nomenclature
original description
Balech, E. (1959). Two new genera of dinoflagellates from California. The Biological Bulletin. 116(2): 195-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record
Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212. [details] 
Other
additional source
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source
Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6350 [details]