Kuetzing, F.T. (1865), Tabulae Phycologicae: 27, tab. 75 figs d-g [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: In mari Antillarum: Montagne.

Cribb, A.B. (1983), Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta: - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen legitimate

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

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