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Type locality:"I have seen it in samples from the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic, chiefly on the area between the Azores, the Engl. Channel and New York. It occurs besides but sparingly, in the N. Equitorial current, the Antilles current and in the Caribbean Sea."
Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean
Comment:Synonymy after F.Gómez, A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans, Acta Bot. Croat. 64: 129–212 (2005)
Distribution:Qld (Torres Strait, Great Barrier Reef), N.S.W., Vic., Tas., W.A.
Ex.distribution:Brazil, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, U.S.A. (Virginia, New York), Canary Islands, Azores, Bay of Biscay, Portugal, France, North Atlantic Ocean, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Greenland, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, SW Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
