Greville, R.K. (1830), Algae Britannicae: lviii [comb. nov.]

basionym: Sphaerococcus spinellus C.Agardh 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]

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: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypnea spinella (C.Agardh) Kütz. legitimate

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

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