Lindauer, V.W. (1949), Notes on marine algae of New Zealand. I. Pacific Science 3: 346-347 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Type specimen No. 6253, Herbarium Lindaeur; iso-types were distributed in Lindauer (1946), Algae Nova-Zelandicae Exsiccatae No. 230, as Herponema?
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Auckland University: Lindauer 6235

South, G.R. (1974), Herpodiscus gen. nov. and Herpodiscus durvilleae (Lindauer) comb. nov., a parasite of Durvillea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot endemic to New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4: - [secondary reference]

South, G.R. (1974), Herpodiscus gen. nov. and Herpodiscus durvilleae (Lindauer) comb. nov., a parasite of Durvillea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot endemic to New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4: 456 [basionym]

basionym of: Herpodiscus durvillaeae (Lindauer) South legitimate

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: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Herpodiscus durvillaeae (Lindauer) South legitimate

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

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