Harvey, W.H. (1860), Phycologia australica: pl 130 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodomela spinulosa (Harv.) Harv. legitimate

Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 538 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Garden Island, Rottnest, and Cape Riche (180).

Womersley, H.B.S. & Parsons, M.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), Lopothalieae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Trav, Set 180

Womersley, H.B.S. & Parsons, M.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), Lopothalieae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: 251 [basionym]

basionym of: Endosiphonia spinulosa (Harv.) Womersley & M.J.Parsons legitimate

ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Endosiphonia spinulosa (Harv.) Womersley & M.J.Parsons legitimate

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