Gmelin, S.G. (1768), Historia Fucorum: 151 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: ..., nonnif[s]i in coralliis americanis paraf[s]iticam deprehendi, ...

Howe, M.A. (1905), Phycological studies. II. New Chlorophyceae, new Rhodophyceae and miscellaneous notes. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 32: 576 [basionym]

basionym of: Caulerpa sertularioides (S.G.Gmel.) M.Howe 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 sertularioides (S.G.Gmel.) M.Howe legitimate

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

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