Agardh, C.A. (1828), Species algarum: 162 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Callithamnion elegans Schousboe in collectione Hornemanni, in qua specimen vidi. Ad Tingin.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Lund, Sweden: [Accession No. unknown]

Agardh, J.G. (1892), Analecta algologica. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 28(6): 178 [basionym]

basionym of: Gymnothamnion elegans (Schousb. ex C.Agardh) J.Agardh legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1998), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIC: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1998), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIC: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnothamnion elegans (Schousb. ex C.Agardh) J.Agardh legitimate

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

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