Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 539 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: On Fucoids, King George's Sound, Garden Island, and Rottnest ... (34).

Falkenberg, P. (1901), Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte: 365 [basionym]

basionym of: Euzoniella flaccida (Harv.) Falkenb. legitimate

Kylin, H. (1956), Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen: 534 [basionym]

basionym of: Dasyclonium flaccidum (Harv.) Kylin 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]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Trav. Set 34

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dasyclonium flaccidum (Harv.) Kylin legitimate

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

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