Hering, [C.] (1841), Diagnoses Algarum novarum a cl. Dre. Ferdinand Krauss in Africa Australi lectarum (1841). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 91 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Amphibolis filiformis Suhr legitimate

Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Caulerpa flagelliformis C.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, C.A. (1822), Species algarum: 447 misapplication: Caulerpa flagelliformis C.Agardh legitimate by May, V. (1938), A key to the marine algae of New South Wales. Part I. Chlorophyceae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63: 213

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Amphibolis filiformis Suhr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caulerpa ligulata Harv. ex J.Agardh nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.

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

• Comment: DNA data indicates this entity in Australia is a new species in its own right and not an introduction from South Africa (see Pillman et al. 1997 European J. Phycology 32:379-386).
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian). World: South Africa, Mozambique.

Price, I.R. (2011), A taxonomic revision of the marine green algal genera Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in northern (tropical and subtropical) Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24: - [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Caulerpa flagelliformis f. typica Weber Bosse legitimate by Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 274, pl. XXIV fig 8

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