Kützing [Kuetzing], F.T. (1849), Species Algarum [i]-vi, [1]-922: 380 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Conferva coliformis Mont. legitimate

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: Conferva clavata C.Agardh nom. illeg. by Hooker, J.D. & Harvey, W.H. (1847), Algae Tasmanicae. London Journal of Botany 6: 416

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

nomenclatural synonym: Conferva coliformis Mont. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Conferva clavata var. darwinii Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chaetomorpha darwinii (Hook.f.) Kütz. legitimate

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

• Comment: Lewis 1987 Dept of Def. Report MRL-R-1063:11 questions Qld. distribution. See also Silva et al 1996 Univ Calif Public Bot. 79:762.
• AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian), Queensland (Dampierian). World: New Zealand, South America, India.

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