Harvey, W.H. (1860), Characters of new algae, chiefly from Japan and adjacent regions, collected by Charles Wright in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Captain John Rogers. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4: 333 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Loo Choo Islands (Also Ceylon).

Lucas, A.H.S. (1935), The marine algae of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 60: 197 [secondary reference]

Feldmann, J. (1938), Sur un nouveau genre de Siphonocladacees. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 206: 1503 [basionym]

basionym of: Boergesenia forbesii (Harv.) Feldmann legitimate

Edgecombe, J. & Bennett, I. (1983), Discovering Norfolk Island, a Complete Guide: - [secondary reference]

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]

Millar, A.J.K. (1999), Marine benthic algae of Norfolk Island, South Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 12 (4): 485 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Valonia ventricosa J.Agardh legitimate by Edgecombe, J. & Bennett, I. (1983), Discovering Norfolk Island, a Complete Guide: -

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Boergesenia forbesii (Harv.) Feldmann legitimate

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

• Comment: Silva et al. 1996:788 indicate that this taxon was distributed as Valonia forbesii in Harvey's Ceylon exsiccatae no. 75.

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