Harvey, W.H. (1844), Algae of Tasmania. London Journal of Botany 3: 443-444 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: George Town, V.D.L., Gunn, Esq., n. 1277.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Natural History Museum London: Gunn 1277

Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cladhymenia gunnii Harv. nom. inval., nom. nud.

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: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rhodophyllis membranacea (Harv.) Hook.f. & Harv. ex Harv. legitimate

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

• Comment: Type is illustrated in Min-Thein & Womersley 1976 Australian Journal of Botany 24:fig. 61B.

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