Foslie, M. (1900), New or critical calcareous algae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1899: 26-27 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: The plant is known from Onoataa Gilbert Islands, Funafuti, collected by Finckh. British Museum no. A. 27.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Trondheim: BM no A. 27

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lithophyllum craspedium f. compressa Foslie nom. inval., nom. nud. nomenclatural synonym: Lithophyllum craspedium f. typica Foslie nom. inval., nom. nud.

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: 235 [basionym]

basionym of: Hydrolithon craspedium (Foslie) P.C.Silva legitimate

South, G.R. & Skelton, P.A. (2003), Catalogue of the marine benthic macroalgae of the Fiji Islands, South Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 16: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hydrolithon craspedium (Foslie) P.C.Silva legitimate

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

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