Rosanoff, S. (1866), Recherches anatomiques sur les Melobesiees. Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 12: 74-75; pl IV; fig 2-8, 11-20 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Le M. macrocarpa croit en grande abondance sur le Phyllophora rubens, aux environs de Cherbourg.

Foslie, M. (1898), List of species of the lithothamnia. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1898 (3): 11 [basionym]

basionym of: Dermatolithon pustulatum f. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Foslie legitimate

Foslie, M. (1900), Remarks on melobesieae in herbarium Crouan. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1899: 14 [basionym]

basionym of: Dermatolithon macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Foslie legitimate

Foslie, M. (1904), Die Lithothamnien des Adriatischen Meeres und Marokkos. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. Abteilung Helgoland 7: 29 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithophyllum macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Foslie legitimate

Foslie, M. (1905), Remarks on northern lithothamnia. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1905 (3): 117 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithophyllum pustulatum f. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Foslie legitimate

Lemoine, M. (1913), Melobesiees de l'ouest d'Irlande (Clew Bay). Nouveau Archives du Museum d'histoire Naturelle 5: 142 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithophyllum pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Me.Lemoine legitimate

Chamberlain, Y.M. (1986), A reassessment of the type specimens of Titanoderma verrucatum and T. macrocarpum (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae). Cryptogamie - Algologie 7: 203 [basionym]

basionym of: Titanoderma macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Y.M.Chamb. legitimate

Chamberlain, Y.M. (1991), Historical and taxonomic studies in the genus Titanoderma (Rhodophyta,Corallinales) in the British Isles. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 21: 33 [basionym]

basionym of: Titanoderma pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Y.M.Chamb. legitimate

Irvine, L.M. & Chamberlain, Y.M. (1994), Seaweeds of the British Isles: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Herbier, Soc. Nationale des Sci. Naturelles de Cherbourg: Le Jolis # 276

Woelkerling, W.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1996), Lithophylloiodeae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lithophyllum pustulatum (J.V.Lamour.) Foslie legitimate

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

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