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

• Type locality: Hab. ins. Lord. Howe - (Fullagar et Lind.)
• Type locality: Hab. ad Insulam Lord Howe (Herb. Zanardinii); nostra ad Swan Island in Bass Strait lecta.

Agardh, J.G. (1885), Till Algernes Systematik. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 21: 82-83 [secondary reference]

Kraft, G.T. (1978), Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: - [secondary reference]

Kraft, G.T. (1978), Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: 566 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Mychodea australis (Zanardini) Kraft legitimate by Agardh, J.G. (1885), Till Algernes Systematik. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 21: 82-83

Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1993), Catalogue of marine and freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 6: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Meristotheca papulosa (Mont.) J.Agardh legitimate

Kraft, G.T. & Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (ed.) (1994), Family Mychodeaceae. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 1: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. IIIA: - [secondary reference]

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

• Comment: Agardh cites 'Zanard. Phyc. austr. nov. n:o 28' in the protologue.
• Comment: Type is illustrated in Gabrielson & Kraft (1984) Brunonia 7: fig 12A.
• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Venice [Accession No. unknown]

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