Agardh, C.A. (1824), Systema algarum: 76 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Conferva atropurpurea Roth legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Conferva atropurpurea Roth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Conferva fuscopurpurea Dillwyn legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bangia versicolor Kütz. legitimate

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

• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian). World: Cosmopolitan/ temperate, New Zealand, India, Kuwait, Pakistan, St Paul Is., South Africa.

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