Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 562 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: On Zostera at Rottnest, and at Garden Island on Algae (201).

Agardh, J.G. (1876), Species genera et ordines algarum: 61 [basionym]

basionym of: Griffithsia flabelligera (Harv.) J.Agardh legitimate

Schmitz, F. & Hauptfleisch, P. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1897), Ceramiaceae. Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien: 489 [basionym]

basionym of: Monosporus flabelligera (Harv.) F.Schmitz legitimate

Baldock, R.N. (1976), The Griffithsieae group of the Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyta) and its southern Australian representatives. Australian Journal of Botany 24: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1998), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIC: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Anotrichium licmophorum (Harv.) Baldock legitimate

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

• Comment: Baldock 1976:551 indicates that the type material of this name may represent A. licmophorum but could also represent A. elongatum. For this reason the later binomial C. licmophorum is used as the base name for the taxon (see also Silva et al 1996 Univ. Calif. Public Bot. 79:375).

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