Foslie, M. (1901), New Melobesiae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1900: 8-Jul [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Only known from the southern coast of Australia, gathered in Half-moon Bay, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria by Mr. J. Gabriel.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Trondheim: [Accession No. unknown]

Adey, W.H. (1970), A revision of the Foslie herbarium. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1970 (1): 24 [basionym]

basionym of: Mesophyllum fumigatum (Foslie) W.H.Adey legitimate

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

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

taxonomic synonym of: Mesophyllum engelhartii (Foslie) W.H.Adey legitimate

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

• Comment: Type is illustrated in Printz (1929) M. Foslie. Contributions to a monograph of the Lithothamnia with 75 plates after the authors death collected and edited by Henrik Printz pl.4 figs 1, 2.

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