Setchell, W.A. (1924), American Samoa. Part 1: the vegetation of Tutuila Island; Part 2: Ethnobotany of the Samoans; Part 3: Vegetation of Rose Atoll. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 341: 251-253, pl. 36 figs 1-2 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: The type specimens are divided between the herbaria of the New York Botanical Garden and the University of California (W. A. S. No. 1050 I).

Cribb, A.B. (1983), Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta: - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hydrolithon gardineri (Foslie) Verheij & Prud'homme legitimate

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

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