Sonder, O.W. (1845), Nova Algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Preiss, Ph.Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3: 49 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: No type statement is found in Sonder 1845.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Melbourne: [Accession No. unknown]

Kützing [Kuetzing], F.T. (1849), Species Algarum [i]-vi, [1]-922: 391 [basionym]

basionym of: Cladophora nitidula (Sond.) Kütz. legitimate

Reinbold, T. (1899), Meeresalgen von Investigator Strait (Sud Australien), gesammelt von Miss Nellie Davey (Waltham, Honiton). Hedwigia 38: 41 [basionym]

basionym of: Siphonocladus nitidulus (Sond.) Reinbold legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1956), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. I. Chlorophyta. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: - [secondary reference]

van den Hoek, C. & Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1984), Genus Cladophora. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cladophora valonioides Sond. legitimate

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

• Comment: Sonder 1846 in Lehmann's 'Plantae Preissianae' p. cites the following locality:- 'Ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae Cauliniae oceanicae adhaerens. Herb. Preiss. No. 2479.'.

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