Zanardini, G. (1862), Iconographia phycologica adriatica. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 10: 79 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Conferva umbilicata Velley legitimate

Setchell, W.A. (1929), The genus Microdictyon. University of California Publications in Botany 14: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Microdictyon agardhianum Decne. nom. illeg. by Harvey, W.H. (1858), Phycologia australica: pl. L

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]

taxonomic synonym: Microdictyon tenuius f. australis J.Agardh legitimate

Lewis, J.A. (1987), Checklist and bibliography of benthic marine macroalgae from Northern Australia. III. Chlorophyta: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Microdictyon obscurum J.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, J.G. (1894), Analecta algologica. Cont. I. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Års-skrift. Andra Afdelningen. Kongliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handligar 29: 107

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

nomenclatural synonym: Conferva umbilicata Velley legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Microdictyon velleyanum Decne. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Microdictyon japonicum Setch. legitimate

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

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

• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island. World: New Zealand, Timor.

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