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: 370 [nom. nov.]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Caulerpa simpliciuscula var. vesiculifera Harv. legitimate

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

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

• Comment: This is a new name for part of the entity previously named C. simpliciuscula var. vesiculifera Harvey. Harvey cites ' Harv. MS. Alg. Austr. Exsic. n. 560' in the protologue but as Womersley 1956:370-371 indicates the specimens considered as original material are mixed. With respect to the type statement the Tasmanian specimen represents a taxon now known as C. simpliciuscula var. laxa and the Western Port specimen is the lectotype of Caulerpa vesiculifera.
• AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian).

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