Rhodomela dorsifera C. Agardh, 1822 [1822–1823]: 372 (type locality: "ad oras novae Hollandiae'').—C. Agardh, 1824: 197.
Bonnemaisonia dorsifera (C. Agardh) Endlicher, 1843: 44.
Lenormandia dorsifera (C. Agardh) Montagne, 1844a: 158–160, pl. 11: fig. 2.
Thysanocladia dorsifera (C. Agardh) Harvey, 1849 [1847–1849]: 90, pl. XXXV: figs. 1–8.—Kützing, 1849: 769.— J. Agardh, 1852 [1851–1863]: 616.— Harvey, 1863: xxxiii.— J. Agardh, 1876: 286–287.— Sonder, 1880: 16.— De Toni, 1897: 380–381.— Schmitz & Hauptfleisch, 1897d: 381.— Lucas, 1909: 28.— Kylin, 1932: 14.— Kylin, 1956: 278.— V. May, 1965: 388.
Callophycus dorsifer (C. Agardh) P. Silva, 1957b: 143 (`dorsiferus').—Min-Thein & Womersley, 1976: 15–19, figs. 3, 4, 50.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 401.— Womersley, 1994: 333–335, figs. 108A, 109E–I.
Taxonomic synonym:
Sphaerococcus coriaceus Sonder, 1845: 56 (type locality: Western Australia).—Sonder, 1848 [1846–1848]: 192.— Kützing, 1868: 33, pl. 95.
Rhynchococcus coriaceus (Sonder) Kützing, 1847a: 23.—Kützing, 1849: 755.
Thysanocladia coriacea (Sonder) Harvey, 1849 [1847–1849]: 90, pl. XXXVI.—J. Agardh, 1852 [1851–1863]: 616–617.— Harvey, 1855b: 550.— Harvey, 1863: xxxiii.— Kützing, 1869: 11, pl. 29: figs. c, d.— J. Agardh, 1876: 287.— Sonder, 1880: 16.— J. Agardh, 1896: 95.— De Toni, 1897: 381.— Schmitz & Hauptfleisch, 1897d: 381, fig. 227B.— Lucas, 1909: 28.— De Toni & Forti, 1923: 23.— Kylin, 1932: 14.— Kylin, 1956: 221B.— V. May, 1965: 388.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Min-Thein & Womersley (1976: 15, 18).