Collins, F.S. & Hervey, A.B. (1917), The algae of Bermuda. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53: 145-147, pl. 5 figs 29-31 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: On Galaxaura, Spanish Rock, April 10, 1914, Hervey, type in Collins herbarium, No. 8107.

Cribb, A.B. (1983), Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta: - [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: Gayliella flaccida (Kütz.) T.O.Cho & L.M.McIvor legitimate

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

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