Harvey, W.H. (1859), Algae. Flora tasmaniae: 340 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Georgetown, W.H.H.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]

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]

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: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cladophora harveyi Womersley legitimate

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

• Comment: This represents the protologue of Cladophora harveyi Womersley. Cladophora gracillima Harvey is a later homonym of Cladophora gracillima Kuetzing.

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