Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. (1895), Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America: Nr. 741 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: On flats at entrance to harbor, San Pedro, California, Nov., 1898. Miss S. P. Monks.

Collins, F.S. (1906), Acrochaetium and Chantransia in North America. Rhodora 8: 194 [basionym]

basionym of: Acrochaetium virgatulum f. tenuissima (Collins) Collins legitimate

Drew, K.M. (1928), A revision of the genera Chantransia, Rhodochorton, and Acrochaetium with descriptions of the marine species of Rhodochorton (Naeg.) gen. emend. on the Pacific coast of North America. University of California Publications in Botany 14: 170 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodochorton tenuissimum (Collins) K.M.Drew legitimate

Kylin, H. (1941), Californische Rhodophyceen. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Nova Series. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift. Ny Foljd. Andra Afdelningen. Medicin samt Matematiska och Naturvetenskapliga Amnen 37 (2): 5 [basionym]

basionym of: Chantransia tenuissima (Collins) Kylin legitimate

Papenfuss, G.F. (1945), Review of the Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton complex of the red algae. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 319 [basionym]

basionym of: Acrochaetium tenuissimum (Collins) Papenf. legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. (1971), Morphology and taxonomy of the Audouinella complex (Rhodophyta) in southern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. Supplementary Series 1: 51 [basionym]

basionym of: Colaconema tenuissimum (Collins) Woelk. legitimate

Garbary, D.J. (1979), Numerical taxonomy and generic circumscription in the Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta). Botanica Marina 22: 490 [basionym]

basionym of: Audouinella tenuissima (Collins) Garbary legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. & Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), Order Acrochaetiales. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Audouinella secundata (Lyngb.) P.S.Dixon 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: - [secondary reference]

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