Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. in Duperrey, L.I. (1828), Cryptogamie. Voyage autour du monde, execute par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majeste, la Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Botanique: 180-181, pl 15 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: C'est du Port-Praslin dans la Nouvelle-Irlande, que M. Durville rapporta cette belle espece, .....

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]

Huisman, J.M. & Borowitzka, M.A. in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Jones, D.S. (2003), Marine benthic flora of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Halymenia formosa Harv. ex Kütz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Halymenia durvillei var. formosa (Harv. ex Kütz.) Weber Bosse legitimate

• APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.

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

• AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: Adaman Is, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Maldives, Seychelles, Singapore, Japan, Yemen, New Ireland (New Guinea), tropical Pacific.

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