Agardh, J.G. (1847), Nya alger fran Mexico. Öfversigt af Forhandligar Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien 4: 16 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Sphaerococcus serra J.Agardh legitimate

Gabrielson, P.W. & Kraft, G.T. (1984), The marine algae of Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.): the family Solieriaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Brunonia 7: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerococcus serra J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucheuma nodulosum Aresch. legitimate

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

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: Rhynchococcus spinosus (L.) Kütz. legitimate by Kuetzing, F.T. (1843), Phycologia generalis: 403

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

• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian), Norfolk Island. World: Indonesia, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania.

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