Fucus comosus Labillardière, 1806: 112, pl. 258 (type locality: "ad capitis Van-Diemen'' [Storm Bay, Tasmania fide Ducker, 1979b: 20]).
Phyllospora comosa (Labillardière) C. Agardh, 1839: 311–312, pl. XXVIII.—Sonder, 1880: 3.
Note: According to Womersley (1987: 347), this species is not found west of Robe, South Australia, so that Sonder's record from Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia is probably in error.