Codium prostratum Levring, 1938: 16–17, figs. 8A–D, pl. IV: fig. 11 (type locality: Isipingo Beach, near Durban, South Africa).—Eyre & Stephenson, 1938: 33.— Papenfuss, 1944a: 338.— Stephenson, 1944: 349.— Stephenson, 1947: 284, 296.— Pocock, 1958: 25.— P. Silva, 1959: 113–135, fig. 11, pl. X.— Isaac, 1967: 77.— Simons, 1969: 244, fig. (s.n.).— Simons, 1977: 21, fig. 38.— Brown & Jarman, 1978: 1256.— Lawson, 1980: 11.— Seagrief, 1980: 21, fig. on pl. 2.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1987: 168.— Farrell, Critchley, & Aken, 1993: 149.— Branch et al., 1994: 312.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Codium vaughanii Børgesen, 1940: 70–72, figs. 24, 25 (`vaughani') (type locality: Îlot Brocus, Mauritius).—Børgesen, 1946: 53–56, figs. 23, 24.— Isaac, 1968: 2.— Lawson, 1980: 11.— Payri, 1985: 640.
Misapplied name (fide Børgesen, 1946: 55):
Codium tomentosum.—Jadin, 1935: 157 (in part).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, South Africa.
Note: Codium vaughanii is very closely related to C. prostratum. At most, subspecific recognition may be justified.