Palmella pallida Kützing, 1845: 149 (type locality: Harz Mountains, Germany).
Aphanothece pallida (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1863a: 76.—Frémy, 1941: 21, 22.— Islam & Aziz, 1983: 648, pl. VII: fig. 36.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Djibouti.
Note: Drouet & Daily (1956: 16, 20), after examining the holotype of this species (in L), assigned it to Coccochloris stagnina Sprengel.