Heydrich, F. (1901), Die Lithothamnien des Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 529-530 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Vorkommen: Sandwich-Inseln.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Herbier Cryptogamie, Paris: No. 49a

Foslie, M. (1901), Bieten die Heydrich'schen Melobesian - arbeiten eine sichere Grundlage?. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1901 (2): 19 [basionym]

basionym of: Mastophora pacifica (Heydr.) Foslie legitimate

Foslie, M. (1909), Algologiske notiser VI. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1909 (2): 59 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithoporella pacifica (Heydr.) Foslie legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1996), Mastophoroideae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: - [secondary reference]

Woelkerling, W.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1996), Mastophoroideae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mastophora pacifica (Heydr.) Foslie legitimate

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

• Comment: Type is illustrated in Woelkerling & Lamy 1998 Non-geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Museum: Systematics and Scientific History figs 334 - 335.

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