Boergesen, F.C.E. (1909), Some new or little known West Indian Florideae. Botanisk Tidsskrift 30: 1-2, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: This species occurred epiphytic, as mentioned above, on Centroceras and Hypnea in small quantities. it has been found with monosporangia in january and was growing in shallow water in the lagoon at the head of the eastern bay in the harbour of St. Thomas.

Boergesen, F.C.E. (1915), The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (1). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 20 [basionym]

basionym of: Acrochaetium crassipes (Børgesen) Børgesen legitimate

Kylin, H. (1944), Die Rhodophyceen der Schwedischen Westkuste. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Nova Series. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift. Ny Foljd. Andra Afdelningen. Medicin samt Matematiska och Naturvetenskapliga Amnen 40 (2): 13 [basionym]

basionym of: Kylinia crassipes (Børgesen) Kylin legitimate

Papenfuss, G.F. (1945), Review of the Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton complex of the red algae. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 321 [basionym]

basionym of: Chromastrum crassipes (Børgesen) Papenf. legitimate

Cribb, A.B. (1983), Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta: - [secondary reference]

Woelkerling, W.J. & Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), Order Acrochaetiales. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Audouinella microscopica (Nägeli ex Kütz.) Woelk. legitimate

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

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