Harvey, W.H. (1855), Algae. Flora novae-zelandiae: 231 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Akaroa and Port Cooper, Banks' Peninsula, Lyall.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1979), Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Natural History Museum London: [Accession No. unknown]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1979), Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polysiphonia isogona Harv. legitimate

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

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