Decaisne, J. (1842), Memoire sur les Corallines ou Polypiers calciferes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 18: 125 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Corallina anceps Lam. legitimate

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]

misapplication: Amphiroa ephedraea (Lam.) Decne. legitimate by Decaisne, J. (1842), Memoire sur les Corallines ou Polypiers calciferes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 18: 124

Womersley, H.B.S. & Johansen, H.W. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1996), Subfamily Amphiroideae. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 5: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Amphiroa ephedraea (Lam.) Decne. legitimate by Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: xxix misapplication: Amphiroa beauvoisii J.V.Lamour. legitimate by King, R.J., Black, J.H. & Ducker, S.C. (1971), Intertidal ecology of Port Phillip Bay with systematic lists of plants and animals. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 121

Womersley, H.B.S. (1996), Flora of Australia: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Corallina anceps Lam. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amphiroa dilatata J.V.Lamour. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Galaxaura versicolor Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amphiroa nobilis Kütz. legitimate

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

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

• Comment: Tasmanian record from Edgar 1997 Australian Marine Life p. 86.
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island. World: Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand.

Huisman, J.M. (2018), Algae of Australia: Marine benthic algae of north-western Australia. 2. Red algae: 99 [secondary reference]

ABRS (2025), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2025 (Australian algal updates): - [secondary reference]

• Distribution: New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia Rottnest Is. to Ningaloo Marine Park, Queensland Rockhampton

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