Hooker, J.D. (1847), Algae. Flora Antarctica: 482 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Var. b. Hermite Island, Cape Horn; the Falkland Islands, and Kerguelen's Land; encrusting shells, and the stems of Algae, particularly of Ballia Brunonis.

Heydrich, F. (1901), Die Lithothamnien des Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 544 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithothamnion antarcticum (Hook.f.) Heydr. legitimate

Harvey, A.S., Woelkerling, W.J. & Wilks, K.M. (1994), The genus Synarthrophyton (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) in southern Australia. Phycologia 33: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Synarthrophyton patena (Hook.f. & Harv.) R.A.Towns. legitimate

Wilks, K.M. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1995), An account of southern Australian species of Lithothamnion (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Systematic Botany 8: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Natural History Museum London: [Accession No. unknown]

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

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