Zanardini, G. (1874), Phyceae Australicae novae vel minus cognitae. Flora 57: 489 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Georgetown Tasmaniae - (Miss Goodwin.)
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Venice [Accession No. unknown]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1947), The marine algae of Kangaroo Island I. A general account of the algal ecology. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 71: 245 [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1979), Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1979), Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 491-492; fig 9A-D [misapplied]

misapplied to: Polysiphonia australiensis Womersley legitimate by Womersley, H.B.S. (1947), The marine algae of Kangaroo Island I. A general account of the algal ecology. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 71: 245

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), Flora of Australia: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Echinothamnion hookeri (Harv.) Kylin ex P.C.Silva legitimate

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

• Comment: Womersley (1979:508) indicates that the type must be studied to confirm the synonomy.

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