Kemperman, T.C.M. & Stegenga, H. (1983), A new Caulerpa species (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) from the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 32: 271, figs 1-7 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Plantae inventae sunt Puerto Vargas, Parque Nacional Cahuita, Costa Rica; lag. Th. C. M. Klemperman; dat. die 12 octobris anno 1982; crescunt interpartes basales Halimedae opuntise (L.) Lamouroux, mixtae cum Caulerpa verticillata J. Agardh; holotypus in AVU, paratypi in BM et CR.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Amsterdam Herbarium, Dept Systematic Botany: [Accession No. unknown]

Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: - [secondary reference]

Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme & Lokhorst legitimate

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

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