Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 305-306, pl. XXV, fig. 2 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Caulerpa delicatula Grunow 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: - [secondary reference]

ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caulerpa lanuginosa var. delicatula (Grunow) P.C.Silva legitimate

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