Lucas, A.H.S. (1935), The marine algae of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 60: 222-223, fig. 7, pl. 8 fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Found floating in drift, tangled with other algae.

Saito, Y. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1974), The southern Australian species of Laurencia (Ceramiales: Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 22: 821 [basionym]

basionym of: Laurencia majuscula var. elegans (A.H.S.Lucas) Y.Saito & Womersley legitimate

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]

Furnari, G., Cormaci, M. & Serio, D. (2001), The Laurencia complex (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae) in the Mediterranean Sea: an overview. Cryptogamie - Algologie 22: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Laurencia majuscula (Harv.) A.H.S.Lucas legitimate

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

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