Solier, A.J.J. (1846), Sur deux algues zoosporees formant le nouveau genre Derbesia. Revue de Botanique; Recueil Mensuel 1: 453 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Vaucheria marina Lyngb. legitimate

Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Derbesia tenuissima (Moris & De Not.) P.Crouan & H.Crouan legitimate by Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7: 425

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

nomenclatural synonym: Vaucheria marina Lyngb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gastridium ovale Lyngb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Halicystis ovalis (Lyngb.) Aresch. legitimate

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.

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

• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef), Norfolk Island. World: Widely distributed in cold temperate waters.

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