Setchell, W.A. (1926), Tahitian algae collected by W.A. Setchell, C.B. Setchell and H.E. Parks. University of California Publications in Botany 12: 96 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Sargassum vulgare var. ?mangarevensis Grunow legitimate

Phillips, J.A. & Price, I.R. (1997), A catalogue of Phaeophyta (brown algae) from Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10 (5): - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sargassum vulgare var. ?mangarevensis Grunow legitimate

• APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.

ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]

• AMANI dist.: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Tahiti, Gambier Is.

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