original description
Gilchrist J (1908) On Two New Species of Ptychodera (P. proliferans and P. natalensis). Annals of the South African Museum 6: 207-212. [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Day J (1969) A Guide to Marine Life on South African Shores. Cape Town & Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema. 300 p. [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy This species was origianlly assigned to the Ptychodera genus. [details]