Dillwyn, L.W. (1807), British Confervae: pl. 92 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: On lime-f[s]tone rocks in the f[s]ea about high water mark in the neighbourhood of Dunraven Caf[s]tle. W. W. Young.

Lyngbye, H.C. (1819), Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae: 83 [basionym]

basionym of: Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngb. legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1994), -. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 1: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. IIIA: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bangia atropurpurea (Roth) C.Agardh legitimate

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

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

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