Taylor, W.R. (1942), Caribbean Marine Algae of the Allan Hancock Expedition, 1939: 113-114, pl 3, fig 9, pl 16, figs 1-5 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Venezuela: Tortuga Island, dredged at 38-40 meters' depth on a bottom of dead coral, sta. A44, no. 39-559, 21 April 1939.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Los Angeles: 500206

Huisman, J.M. & Millar, A.J.K. (1996), Asteromenia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales), a new red algal genus based on Fauchea peltata. Journal of Phycology 32: 139 [basionym]

basionym of: Asteromenia peltata (W.R.Taylor) Huisman & A.Millar 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. & Borowitzka, M.A. in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Jones, D.S. (2003), Marine benthic flora of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Asteromenia peltata (W.R.Taylor) Huisman & A.Millar legitimate

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

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