Dillwyn, L.W. (1809), British Confervae: 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Rocks in the Sea at Cromer and Haf[s]tings. W. J. Hooker, Esq.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Natural History Museum London: [Accession No. unknown]

Lyngbye, H.C. (1819), Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae: 131 [basionym]

basionym of: Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngb. legitimate

Kjellman, F.R. (1872), Bidrag till kannedomen om. Skandinaviens Ectocarpeer och Tilopterider: 73 [basionym]

basionym of: Ectocarpus confervoides f. siliculosus (Dillwyn) Kjellm. legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngb. 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: - [secondary reference]

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

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngb. legitimate

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