Montagne, J.P.F.C. (1842), Prodromus generum specierumque phycearum novarum: 14, Tab VI, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Ins. Toud; d'Urville et c. Hombron.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Herbier Cryptogamie, Paris: [Accession No. unknown]

Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 564 [secondary reference]

Sonder, O.W. (1871), Die Algen des tropischen Australiens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 5: 65 [secondary reference]

Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 364 [basionym]

basionym of: Caulerpa racemosa var. corynephora (Mont.) Weber Bosse legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1956), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. I. Chlorophyta. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1956), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. I. Chlorophyta. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: 365 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caulerpa cactoides (Turner) C.Agardh legitimate by Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 564

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: - [secondary reference]

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: Caulerpa racemosa var. corynephora (Mont.) Weber Bosse legitimate

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

Price, I.R. (2011), A taxonomic revision of the marine green algal genera Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in northern (tropical and subtropical) Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24: 156 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caulerpa racemosa var. laetevirens (Mont.) Weber Bosse legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1871), Die Algen des tropischen Australiens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 5: 65

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