original description
Watanabe, H.; Tokioka, T. (1973). On a new species of Clavelina from Japan, with remarks on its mode of budding. <em>Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab.</em> 21: 99-107. [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Cvmini [details]