Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 552-553 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: At Cape Riche (294).
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M. (2002), The type and Australian species of the red algal genera Liagora and Ganonema (Liagoraceae, Nemaliales). Australian Systematic Botany 15: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ganonema farinosum (J.V.Lamour.) K.C.Fan & Yung C.Wang legitimate

Huisman, J.M. (2006), Algae of Australia: Nemaliales: - [secondary reference]

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

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