Grunow, A. (1916), Additamenta ad cognitionem Sargassorum. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gessellschaft in Wien 66: 3 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Sargassum aciculare Grunow legitimate

Phillips, J.A. & Price, I.R. (1997), A catalogue of Phaeophyta (brown algae) from Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10 (5): - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sargassum aciculare Grunow legitimate

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.

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

• AMANI dist.: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian).

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