Oscillatoria salina Biswas, 1926: 21, pl. VI: fig. 6, nom. illeg. (type locality: India).—Geitler, 1932 [1930–1932]: 979, fig. 624.— Biswas, 1949b: 18.— Venkataraman, 1958: 473.— Desikachary, 1959: 239.— N. Anand & Venkatesan, 1985: 102, fig. 7.— N. Anand et al., 1986: 51, fig. 7.— G. Subramanian et al., 1989: 310, 312, 314–316, 318–320.— Thajuddin & G. Subramanian, 1992a: table III.
Oscillatoria indica P. Silva.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India.
Note: Because of the prior existence of Oscillatoria salina Alten (1913: 69, 71), the present species must receive a new name. Drouet (1968: 220), on the basis of the original description, assigned this species to Arthrospira brevis (Kützing) Drouet.