Boergesen, F.C.E. (1942), Some marine algae from Mauritius, III. Rhodophyceae, Part 1: Porphyridiales, bangiales, Nemalionales. Biologiske Meddelelser. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 17 (5): 38-40, figs 18, 19 pl. II fig 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Mauritius: without locality, Herb. Jadin.

Cribb, A.B. (1983), Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta: 19 [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M. (2002), The type and Australian species of the red algal genera Liagora and Ganonema (Liagoraceae, Nemaliales). Australian Systematic Botany 15: - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A. & Sherwood, A.R. (2004), Large subunit rDNA gene sequences and reproductive morphology reveal Stenopheltis to be a member of the Liagoraceae (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta), with a descritption of Akalaphycus gen. nov. European Journal of Phycology 39 (3): - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A. & Sherwood, A.R. (2004), Large subunit rDNA gene sequences and reproductive morphology reveal Stenopheltis to be a member of the Liagoraceae (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta), with a descritption of Akalaphycus gen. nov. European Journal of Phycology 39 (3): 271 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Akalaphycus liagoroides (Yamada) Huisman, I.A.Abbott & A.R.Sherwood legitimate by Cribb, A.B. (1983), Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta: 19

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

• Comment: Huisman 2002:834 indicated that this taxon was related to Stenopeltis liagoroides (Yamada) Itono & Yoshiz. Huisman 2006 Nemaliales ABRS, CSIRO: Canberra p. 31 has not included this taxon in Akalophycus liagoroides. Silva et al. 1996 University of California Publications in Botany 79:124 accepted this name at species rank.
• AMANI dist.: World: Mauritius.

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