Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: pl. 282 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Cast ashore at Warnamboul, March, 1860, H. Watts (No. 122).
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Watts 122

Min-Thein, U. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1976), Studies on southern Australian taxa of Solieriaceae, Rhabdoniaceae and Rhodophyllidaceae (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 24: 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Melanema dumosum (Harv.) Min-Thein & Womersley legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melanema dumosum (Harv.) Min-Thein & Womersley legitimate

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

• Comment: Type is illustrated in Min-Thein & Womersley 1976 Australian Journal of Botany 24:fig. 59A.

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