Harvey, W. H. & Bailey, J. W. (1851), Description of seventeen new species of algae, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 373 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Navigators' Islands.

Cribb, A.B. (1983), Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta: - [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

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

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