Fucus pistillatus S. Gmelin, 1768: 159, pl. XVIII: fig. 1 (type locality: unknown).
Gigartina pistillata (S. Gmelin) Stackhouse, 1809: 74.—Barton, 1893: 139.— Barton, 1896: 459–460 (var. pectinata J. Agardh).— Mazza, 1906 [1905–1918]: 92.— Delf & Michell, 1921: 105.— Stephenson, 1947: 304.— Isaac & Simons, 1954: 117–124, figs. 1–7, pl. VII.— Seagrief, 1977: 90.— Simons, 1977: 56, fig. 168.— Bolton, 1986: 254.— Seagrief, 1988: 60, fig. 5:12.— Branch et al., 1994: 328.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Sphaerococcus gigartinus (Linnaeus) Stackhouse var. costatus Suhr, 1834: 729 (type locality: Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa).
Misapplied names:
Chondrus crispus.—Barton, 1893: 139 (Port Alfred record).
Gigartina teedei.—Barton, 1893: 140.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.
Note: The synonym and misapplications are included on the authority of Papenfuss (notes).