Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1914), Marine Algae: Rhodophyceae. Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool 16 (3): 286, pl. 16 fig 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia, reef; in alcohol.

Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1993), Catalogue of marine and freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 6: - [secondary reference]

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: Laurencia decumbens Kütz. legitimate

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

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