Halimeda stuposa W.R. Taylor, 1950: 90–91, 207–208, pl. 43: fig. 1; pl. 49; pl. 50: fig. 2 (type locality: Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands).—Hillis, 1959: 374–375, pl. 5: fig. 25; pl. 6: fig. 18; pl. 7: fig. 11; pl. 11.— Isaac, 1967: 77.— Hillis-Colinvaux, 1980: 101–103.— Lawson, 1980: 14.— Russell, 1981: 467.— M. Littler, D. Littler, & Titlyanov, 1991: table 4.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 24 (table 1).— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 45.
Misapplied name (fide Hillis, 1959: 375):
Halimeda incrassata forma monilis.—A. Gepp & E. Gepp, 1908: 181 (in part).— A. Gepp & E. Gepp, 1909: 391 (in part).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Aldabra Islands, Amirante Islands (Desroches Island), Cargados Carajos, Chagos Archipelago (Egmont Atoll), Kenya, Seychelles.