Foslie, M. (1907), Algologiske notiser. III. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1906 (8): 30-31 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Indiske hav: Chagos arkipel: Salamon og Egmont-oerne; Seychellerne: Coetivy (Stanley Gardiner).

Foslie, M. (1909), Algologiske notiser VI. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1909 (2): 57 [basionym]

basionym of: Porolithon gardineri (Foslie) Foslie legitimate

Verheij, E. (1993), Marine plants on the reefs of the Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, indonesia: Aspects of taxonomy, floristics and ecology: 46 [basionym]

basionym of: Hydrolithon gardineri (Foslie) Verheij & Prud'homme legitimate

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

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Trondheim: [Accession No. unknown]

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hydrolithon gardineri (Foslie) Verheij & Prud'homme legitimate

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

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