Caulerpa asplenioides Greville, 1853a: 1–3, pl. I: figs. 1, 2 (lower) (type locality: St. Thomas, Virgin Islands).—Harvey, 1857a: no. 65.— G. Murray, 1887: 37.
Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh forma asplenioides (Greville) Weber-van Bosse, 1898: 292–293 (including Indian Ocean record).—Svedelius, 1906a: 112–114, fig. 4.— Weber-van Bosse, 1908: 171.— Weber-van Bosse, 1909: 381.— Durairatnam, 1961a: 27.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Amirante Islands, Indonesia (Flores), Sri Lanka.