Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: pl. CCLXXV [275] [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. At Fremantle, West Australia, G. Clifton. Attached to Codium tomentosum, at Warnamboul, H. Watts, n. 100.

Agardh, J.G. (1876), Species genera et ordines algarum: 515 [basionym]

basionym of: Liagora cliftonii (Harv.) J.Agardh legitimate

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: - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M. (2002), The type and Australian species of the red algal genera Liagora and Ganonema (Liagoraceae, Nemaliales). Australian Systematic Botany 15: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ganonema farinosum (J.V.Lamour.) K.C.Fan & Yung C.Wang legitimate

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

• Comment: Warrnambool specimen is now Ganonema codii.

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