Stephenson, T.A. (1944), The constitution of the intertidal fauna and flora of South Africa. Part II. Annals of the Natal Museum 10: 349 [comb. nov.]

Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 604 [secondary reference]

Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]

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

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

• Comment: Kraft 2000: 604 retains this name for a group of specimens which he indicates are not to be included in Caulerpa peltata.
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Flindersian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef).

Price, I.R. (2011), A taxonomic revision of the marine green algal genera Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in northern (tropical and subtropical) Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24: 190 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caulerpa racemosa var. macrodisca (Decne.) Weber Bosse legitimate by Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 604

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