Lamouroux, J.V. (1813), Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulees. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 132 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Amer. Orient.

Silva, P.C., Menez, E.G. & Moe, R.L. (1987), Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Acanthophora thierii orth. var.

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen legitimate

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

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