Howe, M.A. (1905), Phycological studies. II. New Chlorophyceae, new Rhodophyceae and miscellaneous notes. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 32: 571, pls. 27, 29 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: On Sargassum, corallines, etc., washed ashore. Cape Florida, Biscyne Key, Fla., U.S.A.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: New York: [Accession No. unknown]

Boergesen, F.C.E. (1920), The marine algae of the Danish West Indies, Part 3: Rhodophyceae (6), with Addenda to the Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae, and Rhodophyceae. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 478 [basionym]

basionym of: Cottoniella filamentosa (M.Howe) Børgesen 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]

Huisman, J.M. & Borowitzka, M.A. in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Jones, D.S. (2003), Marine benthic flora of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cottoniella filamentosa (M.Howe) Børgesen legitimate

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

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