Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1922), Phycological contributions VI New species of Ectocarpus. University of California Publications in Botany 7 (11): 409, pl. 47, fig 24 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Growing on Codium fragile, the rhizoidal filaments penetrating deeply into the host, among and beyond the utricles. La Jolla, California. Type, Gardner, no. 3540 (Herb. Univ. Calif., no. 206996), December.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of California: 206996

Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine brown algae (Phaeophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Feldmannia simplex (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Hamel legitimate

Pedroche, P.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar Rosas, R. (2008), Catálogo de las algas benthónicas del Pacífico de México II. Phaeophycota: - [secondary reference]

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

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