Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 560 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: On sand-covered rocks, Middleton Bay, King George's Sound and Rottnest; often half buried in sand (10).

De Toni, G.B. (1903), Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum: 1226 [basionym]

basionym of: Spermothamion cymosum (Harv.) De Toni legitimate

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

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 524B

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermothamion cymosum (Harv.) De Toni legitimate

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

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