Heydrich, F. (1901), Die Lithothamnien des Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 541 [comb. nov.]

Zaneveld, J.S. & Sanford, R.B. (1980), Crustose coralline algae (Rhodophyta) of the New Zealand and United States Expedition to the Ross Sea, Balleny islands, and Macquarie Ridge, 1965. Blumea 26: 219 [secondary reference]

• Distribution: Macquarie Island

Ricker, R.W. (1987), Taxonomy and Biogeography of Macquarie Island Seaweeds: 170, ftn [secondary reference]

Ricker, R.W. (1987), Taxonomy and Biogeography of Macquarie Island Seaweeds: 177 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesophyllum schmitzii (Har.) M.L.Mend. legitimate

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