Foslie, M. (1908), Algologiske notiser V. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 7: 6-May [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: .., og den har vaeret henfort til M. amplexifrons af Rosanoff. .... Den forekommer ved Port Philip, Australia.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Trondheim: [Accession No. unknown]

Foslie, M. (1909), Algologiske notiser VI. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1909 (2): 55 [basionym]

basionym of: Epilithon rosanoffii (Foslie) Foslie legitimate

Lemoine, M. (1912), Catalogue des melobesiees de l'Herbier Thuret (MuseumNational d'Histoire Naturelle a Paris). Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France 58: LXIV [basionym]

basionym of: Melobesia rosanoffii (Foslie) Me.Lemoine legitimate

Wilks, K.M. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1991), Southern Australian species of Melobesia (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 30: - [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Melobesia rosanoffii (Foslie) Me.Lemoine legitimate

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

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