Areschoug, J.E. (1854), Phyceae novae et minus cognitae in maribus extraeuropaeis collectae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 1: 368 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Ad oram Novae Hollandiae australem frequenter.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1956), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. I. Chlorophyta. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1984), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Codium galeatum J.Agardh legitimate

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

• Comment: Womersley p. 373 also places this variety under Codium fragile. He does not say which subspecies.

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