1840
Gorgonia flabelliformis — Eichwald, pp. 207, German edition
1842
Gorgonia flabelliformis — Eichwald, pp. 45-47, fig. 1:6
1865
Dictyonema graptolithinum — Kjerulf, pp. 1, fig. 4,5
1882
Dictyonema flabelliformis, forma typica — Brøgger, pp. 31-36, fig. 12:17-19
1909
Dictyonema flabelliformis — Westergård, pp. 57-59, fig. 3:1-6
1927
Dictyonema flabelliforme — Bulman, pp. 12-26, fig. 2:3,4; text fig. 13,14
1949
Dictyonema flabelliforme — Bulman, pp. 33-40, fig. text fig. 1-4
1950
?Dictyonema rustica — Bulman, pp. 77-79, fig. 5:1-5; 8:1,12,13; text fig. 2
1954
Dictyonema flabelliforme — Bulman, pp. 14-17, fig. 2:1-5; text fig 4a-d
1966
Dictyonema flabelliforme — Bulman, pp. 413-417, fig. text fig. 1-3
1973
Dictyonema flabelliforme patulum — Bulman & Rushton, pp. 18-20, fig. text fig.4a,b,?c; pl.2:1,5,6; pl.3:1,2
1982
Dictyonema flabelliformis — Erdtmann, pp. 129-136, fig. 2:4-6,9
1998
Rhabdinopora flabelliformis flabelliformis (Eichwald, 1840) — Cooper et al., pp. 7, 12, fig. 6c,7
1999
Rhabdinopora flabelliformis flabelliformis sensu Bulman 1966a, Cooper et al. 1998 — Cooper, pp. 2