Zanardini, G. (1874), Phyceae Australicae novae vel minus cognitae. Flora 57: 501 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Port Philip - (Ferd. von Mueller).
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Venice [Accession No. unknown]

Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1934), De Gigartinis. Revue Algologique 7: 134 [basionym]

basionym of: Pachymenia orbicularis (Zanardini) Setch. & N.L.Gardner legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. & Lewis, J.A. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1994), Family Halymeniaceae. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 1: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. IIIA: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. & Lewis, J.A. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1994), Family Halymeniaceae. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 1: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. IIIA: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pachymenia orbicularis (Zanardini) Setch. & N.L.Gardner legitimate

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

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