Oscillaria versicolor G. Martens, 1871a: 173 (type locality: salt lakes, Calcutta, India).
Oscillatoria versicolor (G. Martens) Prain, 1905: 333.—Biswas, 1949b: 20.— Desikachary, 1959: 241–242.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India.
Note: Drouet (1968: 278, 308), after examining the holotype of this species (in L), assigned it to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Crouan & H. Crouan.