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: On shells and stones, & c., about low-water mark, common ( ).

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

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: #577

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

• Comment: Womersley cites Tasmania with a '?'.
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island. World: South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Brazil.

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