Heydrich, F. (1897), Corallinaceae, inbesondere Melobesieae. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 15: 58-60, tab. III fig 9-11 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Vorkommen. Die Alge wachst auf Corallen von El-Toe am Rothen Meer. (Kaiser.)

Heydrich, F. (1897), Melobesieae. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 15: 410 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithophyllum fosliei (Heydr.) Heydr. legitimate

Foslie, M. (1898), List of species of the lithothamnia. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1898 (3): 4 [basionym]

basionym of: Archaeolithothamnion fosliei (Heydr.) Foslie legitimate

Foslie, M. in Gardiner, J.S. (1903), The Lithothamnia of the Maldives and Laccadives. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagos being .... Expedition; during the years; 1899 and 1900: 470 [basionym]

basionym of: Goniolithon fosliei (Heydr.) Foslie legitimate

Setchell, W.A. & Mason, L.R. (1943), Goniolithon and Neogoniolithon: two genera of crustaceous coralline algae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 29: 90 [basionym]

basionym of: Neogoniolithon fosliei (Heydr.) Setch. & L.R.Mason legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. (1993), Type collections of Corallinales (Rhodophyta) in the Foslie Herbarium (TRH). Gunneria 67: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Trondheim: Heydrich # 59

Woelkerling, W.J., Penrose, D. & Chamberlain, Y.M. (1993), A reassessment of type collections of non-geniculate Corallinaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) described by C. Montagne and L. Dufour, and of Melobesia brassca-florida Harvey. Phycologia 32: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Neogoniolithon brassica-florida (Harv.) Setch. & L.R.Mason legitimate

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

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