Zanardini, G. (1874), Phyceae Australicae novae vel minus cognitae. Flora 57: 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: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sargassum compositum Zanardini ex Grunow legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Sargassum brachyphyllum Zanardini legitimate

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

• Comment: This binomial is a later homonym of S. compactum Bory de Saint Vincent 1826 Voyage autour du monde, execute par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majeste, la _Coquille_, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Botanique p. 126-127. This fact was noted in Grunow 1915 Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gessellschaft in Wien 65:401 who lists Sargassum compostum Zan. in Just. 1874. Type illustrated Kraft 2006: fig. 87 B.

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