Agardh, C.A. (1822), Species algarum: 255 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Ad litus occidentale Novae Hollandiae.

Greville, R.K. (1830), Algae Britannicae: lv [basionym]

basionym of: Chondrus microcarpus (C.Agardh) Grev. legitimate

Agardh, J.G. (1851), Species genera et ordines algarum: 187 [basionym]

basionym of: Prionitis microcarpa (C.Agardh) J.Agardh legitimate

De Toni, Giuseppe (1936), Noterelle di nomenclatura algologica. VII. Primo elenco di Floridee omonime: [7] [basionym]

basionym of: Zanardinula microcarpa (C.Agardh) De Toni legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. & Lewis, J.A. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), Family Halymeniaceae. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Lund, Sweden: 22856

Kajimura, M. (1995), Taxonomic placement of Prionitis microcarpa (C. Agardh) J. Agardh (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Shimane University 29: 101 [basionym]

basionym of: Polyopes microcarpa (C.Agardh) Kajimura 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: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polyopes constrictus (Turner) J.Agardh legitimate

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

• Comment: Lectotypificationof this name was officially made in Kajimura 1995 Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Shimane University 29:101. The type is illustrated in Kajimura 1995: fig 1.

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