Foslie, M. (1900), Melobesia caspica, a new alga. Oversigt af Kongl. [Svenska] Videnskaps-Akademiens Forhandlinger 1899: 131-133 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: The specimens ... partley from Kuuli ..... partly from the northern part of the Caspian and Baku.

Foslie, M. (1905), New lithothamnia and systematical remarks. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1905 (5): 6 [basionym]

basionym of: Litholepis caspica (Foslie) Foslie legitimate

Zinova, A.D. (1967), The Red, Brown, and Green Algal Flora of the Southern Seas of the U.S.S.R: 227 [basionym]

basionym of: Dermatolithon caspicum (Foslie) Zaberzhinskaya ex Zinova legitimate

Adey, W.H. (1970), A revision of the Foslie herbarium. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1970 (1): 7 [basionym]

basionym of: Tenarea caspica (Foslie) W.H.Adey legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. (1986), The genus Litholepis (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta): Taxonomic status and disposition. Phycologia 25: 257 [basionym]

basionym of: Titanoderma caspica (Foslie) Woelk. legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. & Campbell, S.J. (1992), An account of southern Australian species of Lithophyllum (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 22: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Trondheim: [Accession No. unknown]

Woelkerling, W.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1996), Lithophylloiodeae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lithophyllum pustulatum (J.V.Lamour.) Foslie legitimate

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

• Comment: Type is illustrated in Woelkerling 1986 Phycologia 25: fig 4.

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