Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 553 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: King George's Sound (68).

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

• APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: trav. set #68

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

• Comment: The synonymy that is suggested in Womersley (1996:109-110) is disputed by Silva et al (1996) Univ. Calif. Public. Bot. 79:297 vs 366. See entries for Hypnea divaricata.
• AMANI dist.: South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian).

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