Rhodomela elata Sonder, 1853: 699–700 (type locality: Lefevre Peninsula, South Australia).—J. Agardh, 1894b: 76–79.
Rytiphlaea elata (Sonder) Harvey, 1855b: 538 (including Indian Ocean record).—Harvey, 1862: pl. CCXXXVI.— J. Agardh, 1863 [1851–1863]: 1088.— Harvey, 1863: xviii.— Sonder, 1880: 33.
Cladurus elatus (Sonder) Falkenberg, 1901: 223–226, 736, pl. 22: fig. 1.—De Toni, 1903: 814–815.— Lucas, 1909: 39.— De Toni, 1924: 379.— Lucas & Perrin, 1947: 251–252, fig. 111.— V. May, 1965: 384.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.