Lyngbya connectens Brühl & Biswas, 1923: 4, pl. II: fig. 8 (syntype localities: Calcutta and Lucknow, India).—N. Anand et al., 1986: 53, fig. 20.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India.
Note: Drouet (1968: 287), on the basis of the original description, assigned this species to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Crouan & H. Crouan.