Harvey, W.H. (1849), Nereis australis: 110-111 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Port Natal, on gelidium, Fr. Gueinzius (v. s. in Herb. T. C. D.)

Rosanoff, S. (1866), Recherches anatomiques sur les Melobesiees. Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 12: 75 [secondary reference]

Heydrich, F. (1897), Corallinaceae, inbesondere Melobesieae. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 15: 51 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithophyllum amplexifrons (Harv.) Heydr. legitimate

Foslie, M. (1908), Algologiske notiser V. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 7: - [secondary reference]

Foslie, M. (1908), Algologiske notiser V. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 7: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Melobesia rosanoffii (Foslie) Me.Lemoine legitimate by Rosanoff, S. (1866), Recherches anatomiques sur les Melobesiees. Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 12: 75

Wilks, K.M. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1991), Southern Australian species of Melobesia (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 30: - [secondary reference]

Chamberlain, Y.M. & Norris, R.E. (1994), Pneophyllum amplexifrons (Harvey) comb. nov., a mastophoroid crustose coralline red algal epiphyte from Natal, South Africa. Phycologia 33: 10 [basionym]

basionym of: Pneophyllum amplexifrons (Harv.) Y.M.Chamb. & R.E.Norris legitimate

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: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pneophyllum amplexifrons (Harv.) Y.M.Chamb. & R.E.Norris legitimate

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

• Comment: Type is illustrated in Woelkerling & Campbell 1992:fig. 63A.
• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: Guienzius

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