Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 292-293 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Caulerpa asplenioides Grev. legitimate

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caulerpa asplenioides Grev. legitimate

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

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

misapplication: Fucus pinnatus L.f. nom. illeg. by Greville, R.K. (1853), Remarks on some algae belonging to the genus Caulerpa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History XII: 2

• Comment: In the upcoming 'Algae of Australia' account of Caulerpa by Ian Price the Australian records are placed in Caulerpa taxifolia.
• AMANI dist.: Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: India, Sri lanka, Indonesia, Amirante Is.

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