Womersley, H.B.S. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (1958), Marine Algae from Arnhem Land, North Australia. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land: 148-149, pl. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Yirrkalla (drift): A76, A103; Port Bradshaw (drift): A55. The type of var. lata is A76, shown in Pl. 1.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Adelaide: A76

South, G.R. (1974), Herpodiscus gen. nov. and Herpodiscus durvilleae (Lindauer) comb. nov., a parasite of Durvillea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot endemic to New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4: - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M. & Borowitzka, M.A. in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Jones, D.S. (2003), Marine benthic flora of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dictyota ciliolata Kütz. legitimate

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

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