Harvey, W.H. (1862), Phycologia australica: pl. CCXXXIII [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. cast ashore at Warnamboul, Victoria, H. Watts, Esq., n. 85, 88, 124, 134.

Gordon, E.M. (1972), Comparative morphology and taxonomy of the Wrangelieae, Sphondylothamnieae and Spermothamnieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany. Supplementary Series 4: 71 [basionym]

basionym of: Shepleya wattsii (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: Shepleya wattsii (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: [Accession No. unknown]

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

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