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- ↑ MacNae, William. 1954. On some eolidacean nudibranchiate molluscs from South Africa. Archived 2015-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Annals of the Natal Museum 13(1):1-50, pls. 1-2.
- ↑ Sartori, André F. (2014). Amanda Macnae, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-27
- ↑ Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8