Kuetzing, F.T. (1859), Tabulae phycologicae 9: 28 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Zonaria microphylla Harv. legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1967), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 15: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chlanidophora microphylla (Harv.) J.Agardh legitimate

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

• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Dublin, Ireland: Aust. Exsicc. 81

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