Agardh, J.G. (1873), Till algernes systematik. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 9: 26-27 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. ad oras Novae Hollandiae superioris legit Kilner!
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Leiden, Netherlands: 16633

Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: - [secondary reference]

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: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caulerpa cupressoides var. lycopodium Weber-van Bosse legitimate

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

• Comment: Type data taken from unpublished manuscript by Dr. Ian Price

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