Harvey, W.H. (1859), Phycologia australica: pl. LXV, figs 3, 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. ... var. B at Western Port and in Tasmania.

Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: lvi [basionym]

basionym of: Caulerpa vesiculifera (Harv.) Harv. legitimate

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

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Caulerpa simpliciuscula var. laxa Womersley legitimate

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caulerpa vesiculifera (Harv.) Harv. legitimate

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

• Comment: Womersley 1956 Aust J. Mar. & F.W. Res. 7(3):370-371 discusses the fact that the specimens considered as original material are mixed. With respect to the type statement the Tasmanian specimen represents a taxon with the new name of C. simpliciuscula var. laxa.
• Comment: Harvey cites ' Harv. MS. Alg. Austr. Exsic. n. 560'. Womersley 1984 p. 272 selects the Western Port specimen as lectotype. Womersley 1956 Aust J. Mar. & F.W. Res. 7(3):370-371 discusses the fact that 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.

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