Lyngbya nigra C. Agardh, 1824: 312 (type locality: Scåne, Sweden).—S. Silva, 1991: 146, 149, fig. 2.16, tables 1, 2.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique.
Note: Drouet (1968: 264, 291), after examining the holotype of this species (in LD), assigned it to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Crouan & H. Crouan.