Harvey, W.H. (1859), Algae. Flora tasmaniae: 340 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. On Hormosira Banksii, at Safety Cove, Port Arthur, W.H.H.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1967), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 15: 194 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphacella ferruginea (Harv.) Womersley legitimate

Delepine, R. & Asensi, A. (1975), Asteronema nov. gen. nouveau genre de Pheophycee australe. Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France 122: 296 [basionym]

basionym of: Asteronema ferruginea (Harv.) Delépine & Asensi legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Asteronema ferruginea (Harv.) Delépine & Asensi legitimate

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

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