Linnaeus, C. (1753), Species plantarum Edn. 1st: 1165 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Habitat in Europae marinis rupibus.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Linnaean Soc., London: 1277.19?

Lyngbye, H.C. (1819), Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae: 130 [basionym]

basionym of: Ectocarpus littoralis (L.) Lyngb. legitimate

Kjellman, F.R. (1872), Bidrag till kannedomen om. Skandinaviens Ectocarpeer och Tilopterider: 99 [basionym]

basionym of: Pylaiella littoralis (L.) Kjellm. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pylaiella littoralis (L.) Kjellm. legitimate

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

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

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