Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 565 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Fremantle and King George's Sound, cast ashore (162).

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: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Codium bursa (L.) C.Agardh legitimate by Sonder, O.W. in Mueller, F. (ed.) (1880), Algae australianae. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae: 38

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

nomenclatural synonym: Codium bursa var. australis Sond. legitimate

• APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Exsicc. 578

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

• AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian). World: Hawaii, Japan, South Pacific.

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