The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
misapplied to:
DinophysisarcticaMereschk.legitimate
by Levander, K.M.(1894), Materialien zur Kenntniss der Wasserfauna in der Umgebung von Helsingfors, mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Meeresfauna 1. Protozoa.Acta Societas Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica12: 54
Comment:See discussion on p. 56 Dodge 1982 Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles concerning the relationship of Phalacroma rudgei, Dinophysis whittingae to D. rotundatum.
Scott & Marchant 2004 Ant. Mar. Protists p. 213 use the name Phalachroma rotundatum for this taxon.
AMANI dist.:Western Australia (tropical), Australian Antarctic Territory, Gulf of Carpentaria, Southern Ocean, Eastern Australian Current, Cosmopolitan