Lyngbye, H.C. (1819), Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae: 72 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Faeroes.

Areschoug, J.E. (1850), Phycearum, quae in maribus Scandinaviae crescunt, enumerato. Sectio posterior Ulvaceas continens. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 14: 447 [basionym]

basionym of: Halicystis ovalis (Lyngb.) Aresch. legitimate

Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [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: Derbesia marina (Lyngb.) Solier legitimate

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

• Comment: This represents the gametophytic form of a heteromorphic lifecycle.

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