Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 537 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Garden Island and Fremantle.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Dublin, Ireland: 142A

Womersley, H.B.S. & Shepley, E.A. (1959), Studies on the Sarcomenia group of the Rhodophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 7: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. & Shepley, E.A. (1959), Studies on the Sarcomenia group of the Rhodophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 7: 209 [basionym]

basionym of: Platysiphonia hypneoides (Harv.) Womersley & Shepley legitimate

Huisman, J.M. (2000), Marine Plants of Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Platysiphonia hypneoides (Harv.) Womersley & Shepley legitimate

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

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