Santelices, B. & Hommersand, M. (1997), Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 36: 118 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gelidium caerulescens Kütz. legitimate

Millar, A.J.K. & Freshwater, D.W. (2005), Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the marine algal order Gelidiales (Rhodophyta) from New South Wales, including Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Australian Systematic Botany 18 (3): - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gelidium caerulescens Kütz. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pterocladia caerulescens (Kütz.) Santel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterocladia tropica E.Y.Dawson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gelidium irregulare Loomis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterocladia rigida Loomis legitimate

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.

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

• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: New Caledonia, Guam, Vietnam, Line Is., Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Seychelles.

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