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

basionym: Fucus sertularioides S.G.Gmel. legitimate

Lucas, A.H.S. (1936), The seaweeds of South Australia: 34 [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1956), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. I. Chlorophyta. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: 371 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caulerpa trifaria Harv. legitimate by Lucas, A.H.S. (1936), The seaweeds of South Australia: 34

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

nomenclatural synonym: Fucus sertularioides S.G.Gmel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fucus plumaris Forssk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caulerpa plumaris (Forssk.) C.Agardh legitimate

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

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

• AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Flindersian, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef), Cocos Keeling Islands. World: Indian Ocean, SE Asia, South Africa, New Zealand, Papua.

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]

misapplication: Fucus taxifolius Vahl legitimate by Turner, D. (1808), Fuci: 120

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