Ellis, J. & Solander, D.E. (1786), The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe, by the late John Ellis, Esq. F.R.S: 124-125, tab 24 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: There are many varieites of this curious Coralline bought to us from the Wef[s]t Indies; they are of different colors, from greenif[s]h brown to a milk-white.

Howe, M.A. (1904), Notes on Bahaman algae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 31: 94 [basionym]

basionym of: Udotea flabellum (J.Ellis & Sol.) M.Howe 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]

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: Udotea flabellum (J.Ellis & Sol.) M.Howe legitimate

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

• Comment: Littler 7 littler 1990 phycologia 29(2): 229 designated Ellis & Solander 1786 Tab. 24 as the lectotype of the name C. flabellum.

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