Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 546 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Cast ashore at King George's Sound and Rottnest, rare (213).

Gordon, E.M. (1972), Comparative morphology and taxonomy of the Wrangelieae, Sphondylothamnieae and Spermothamnieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany. Supplementary Series 4: 101 [basionym]

basionym of: Drewiana nitella (Harv.) Gordon-Mills legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1998), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIC: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Trav. Set 213

Womersley, H.B.S. (1998), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIC: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drewiana nitella (Harv.) Gordon-Mills legitimate

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

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drewiana nitella (Harv.) Gordon-Mills legitimate

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