Agardh, C.A. (1824), Systema algarum: 146 [nom. nov.]

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Ceramium pennatum Roth nom. inval., nom. nud.

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterosiphonia pennata (C.Agardh) Sauv. legitimate

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

• Comment: This name is the accepted basionym for Pterosiphonia pennata but is based on the type of Ceramium pennatum Roth.

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