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: - [comb. nov.]

nomenclatural synonym: Enteromorpha acanthophora Kütz. 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: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh legitimate by Hayden, H.S., Blomster, J., Maggs, C.A., Silva, P.C., Stanhope, M.J. & Waaland, J.R. (2003), Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. European Journal of Phycology 38: 288

Hayden, H.S., Blomster, J., Maggs, C.A., Silva, P.C., Stanhope, M.J. & Waaland, J.R. (2003), Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. European Journal of Phycology 38: 288 [secondary reference]

basionym: Enteromorpha acanthophora Kütz. legitimate

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

• Comment: Southern Australian records of U. acanthophora (as Enteropmorpha acanthophora) were covered by Womersley 1956. The status of this taxon in New Zealand is unclear. Australian material is Ulva clathrata.

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