Agardh, J.G. (1889), Species Sargassorum Australiae descriptae et dispositae. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 23 (3): 98-99, tab XXVIII, fig iv [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. ad oras calidiores Novae Hollandiae.

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Sargassum myriocystum J.Agardh legitimate

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

• Comment: Phillips & Price 1997 Aust. Syst. Bot. 10:709 indicate that this may be a heterotypic synonym of Sargassum microphyllum.

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