Sphacelariaceae
Sphacelaria pennata Lyngb. , legitimate, scientific
Lyngbye, H.C. (1819), Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae: 105 [nom. nov.]
Womersley, H.B.S. (1967), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 15: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Conferva pennata Dillwyn nom. inval., nom. nud.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh legitimate
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: This name is the accepted basionym for Sphacelaria pennata but is based on the type of Conferva pennata Dillwyn non Hudson (see Pryd'homme van Reine 1982 A taxonomic revision of the European Sphacelariaceae (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyceae) p. 225).