Foslie, M. (1901), New Melobesiae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1900: 12-Nov [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: A specimen is labelled "Mauritius? Coll, Agassiz," herb. farlow, no, XXXIV, and another one "locality unknown, coll. Agassiz", herb. Farlow, no. XXXV, but the latter most probably has been gathered in the same place as the former.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Trondheim: Farlow no. XXXV

Foslie, M. in Weber-van Bosse, A.A. & Foslie, M.H. (1904), Part I. Lithothamnioneae, Melobesieae, Mastophoreae. The Corallinaceae of the Siboga-Expedition 61: 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithophyllum moluccense f. torquescens (Foslie) Foslie legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. (1993), Type collections of Corallinales (Rhodophyta) in the Foslie Herbarium (TRH). Gunneria 67: - [secondary reference]

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: Lithophyllum pygmaeum (Heydr.) Heydr. legitimate

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

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