1861
Dendrograptus flabelliforme — Roemer, pp. 32, fig. 4
1895
Dictyonema rarum n. sp. — Wiman, pp. 283-286, fig. 12:6, 10; 13:12-26, 28
1897
Dictyonema Sadewitzense F. Roem. nov. nom. — Roemer, pp. 573-574
1901
Dictyonema rarum Wiman — Wiman, pp. 187
1938
Dictyonema rarum Wiman — Bulman, pp. D2, D3, D5, fig. 2, 3c, 6d
1955
Dictyonema rarum Wiman — Bulman, pp. V26, fig. 10:4
1967
Dictyonema rarum Wiman — Bulman et Rickards, pp. 28