Boergesen, F.C.E. (1915), The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (1). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 54-57, fig 57-59 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: This species has been found at the shores of St. Croix: Coakley Bay (in Codium isthmocladum) and at St. Jan: Off America Hill (in Codium elongatum).

De Toni, G.B. (1924), Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum: 65 [basionym]

basionym of: Chantransia phacelorhiza (Børgesen) De Toni legitimate

Drew, K.M. (1928), A revision of the genera Chantransia, Rhodochorton, and Acrochaetium with descriptions of the marine species of Rhodochorton (Naeg.) gen. emend. on the Pacific coast of North America. University of California Publications in Botany 14: 152 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodochorton phacelorhizum (Børgesen) K.M.Drew legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. (1971), Morphology and taxonomy of the Audouinella complex (Rhodophyta) in southern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. Supplementary Series 1: 48 [basionym]

basionym of: Colaconema phacelorhiza (Børgesen) Woelk. legitimate

Garbary, D.J. (1979), Numerical taxonomy and generic circumscription in the Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta). Botanica Marina 22: 490 [basionym]

basionym of: Audouinella phacelorhiza (Børgesen) Garbary legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. & Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), Order Acrochaetiales. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [secondary reference]

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

Woelkerling, W.J. & Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), Order Acrochaetiales. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Audouinella phacelorhiza (Børgesen) Garbary legitimate

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

• Comment: The statement by Woelkerling of a holotype in C is in error since the protologue cites at least 2 individuals.

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