Harvey, W.H. (1844), Algae of Tasmania. London Journal of Botany 3: 441 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: George Town, V.D.L., R. Gunn, Esq., n. 1291, 1297, 1321.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Gunn 1297

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polysiphonia hookeri Harv. legitimate

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

• Comment: This represents the protologue of Polysiphonia hookeri. P. acanthophora Harvey is a later homonym of P. acanthophora Kuetzing.

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