Greville, R.K. (1827), Some account of a collection of cryptogamic plants from the Ionian Islands. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 340-341; pl 3, fig 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: In the sea, about the roots of Zostera marina.

Agardh, J.G. (1851), Species genera et ordines algarum: 502 [basionym]

basionym of: Peyssonnelia rubra (Grev.) J.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: Peyssonnelia rubra (Grev.) J.Agardh legitimate

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

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