Lucas, A.H.S. (1935), The marine algae of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 60: 200 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Type specimen, herb. Univ. Calif., No. 395199, Bondi, N.S.W., Australia, legit A. H. S. Lucas;.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: University of California: 395199

Womersley, H.B.S. (1984), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Codium lucasii Setch. subsp. lucasii legitimate

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

Womersley, H.B.S. (1984), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Codium arabicum Kütz. legitimate by Lucas, A.H.S. (1935), The marine algae of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 60: 200

Lewis, J.A. (1987), Checklist and bibliography of benthic marine macroalgae from Northern Australia. III. Chlorophyta: 17 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Codium adhaerens C.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, C.A. (1823), Species algarum: 457

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: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Codium arabicum Kütz. legitimate by Kuetzing, F.T. (1856), Tabulae phycologicae: 35,pl. 100, fig ii

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

• Comment: Some records of this taxon are actually Codium arabicum, see Millar & Kraft 1994:432 and Lewis 1987:17.
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island. World: South Africa (subsp. capense).

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