Okamura, K. (1897), On the algae from Ogasawara-jima (Bonin Islands). Botanical Magazine Tokyo 11: 4, pl. 1 figs 3-12 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: No type statement is found in Okamura 1897.

Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Lokhorst, G.M. (1992), Caulerpella gen. nov. a non-holocarpic member of the Caulerpales (Chlorophyta). Nova Hedwigia 54: 114 [basionym]

basionym of: Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme & Lokhorst legitimate

Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: - [secondary reference]

Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme & Lokhorst legitimate

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

• Comment: Silva et al. lists the type locality as Ogasawara-gunto [Bonin Is] Japan.

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