Zanardini, G. (1874), Phyceae Australicae novae vel minus cognitae. Flora 57: 486-487 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. ins. Lord Howe - (Fullagar et Lind.)
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Venice [Accession No. unknown]

Kraft, G.T. (2009), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 2. Brown Algae: - AAL [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sargassum compactum Zanardini nom. inval., nom. nud. misapplication: Sargassum spinifex C.Agardh legitimate by Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine brown algae (Phaeophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7: 32

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

• Comment: Holotype illustrated Kraft 2006: Fig 87 A.
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island.

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