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: On Caulina stems at Fremantle and King George's Sound (127).
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Trav. Set 127

Gordon, E.M. (1972), Comparative morphology and taxonomy of the Wrangelieae, Sphondylothamnieae and Spermothamnieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany. Supplementary Series 4: 56 [basionym]

basionym of: Medeiothamnion halurus (Harv.) Gordon-Mills 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: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Medeiothamnion halurus (Harv.) Gordon-Mills legitimate

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

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

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