Gloeocapsa palea Kützing, 1843b: 173 (type locality: Carlsbad [Karlovy Vary], Czech Republic).
Gloeothece palea (Kützing) Nägeli, 1849: 57.—S. Silva, 1992a: 110, figs. 9, 10.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique.
Note: Drouet & Daily (1956: 138), after examining the holotype of this species (in L), assigned it to the green alga Palmogloea protuberans (J.E. Smith & Sowerby) Kützing.