Harvey, W.H. (1860), Phycologia australica: pl CLXXII [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Kiama, New South Wales, in crevices of tidal rocks. W.H.H.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]

Cribb, A.B. (1958), Records of marine algae from south-eastern Queensland, IV. Caulerpa. Papers from the Department of Botany, University of Queensland 3: 209 [basionym]

basionym of: Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia (Harv.) Cribb 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]

Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia (Harv.) Cribb legitimate

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

• Comment: The future 'Algae of Australia' account of this taxon by Ian Price will return the species to Caulerpa brachypus.

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