Heydrich, F. (1892), Beitrage zur Kentniss der Algenflora Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (Deutsch-New-Guinea). Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 10: 492, pl. 25, fig. 14 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Vorkommen: Auf Sargassum cristaefolium var. Upolense Grun. bei Hatzfeldhafen auf Neu-Guinea.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Berlin: destroyed WWII

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]

Balakrishnan, M.S. & Kinkar, V.N. (1981), A taxonomic account of Indian Ectocarpales and Ralfsiales. Seaweed Research and Utilisation 4 (2): 25 [basionym]

basionym of: Kuetzingiella elachistaeformis (Heydr.) M.S.Balakr. & Kinkar legitimate

ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kuetzingiella elachistaeformis (Heydr.) M.S.Balakr. & Kinkar legitimate

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