Oscillaria chlorina Kützing, 1843b: 185 (type locality: Bennstädt, Halle District, Germany).
Oscillatoria chlorina (Kützing) Gomont, 1892b: 223.—Lambert, Steinke, & Naidoo, 1989: 485, fig. 15, tables 2, 3.— G. Subramanian et al., 1989: 311, 313, 316, 318–320.— Thajuddin & G. Subramanian, 1992a: table III.
Phormidium chlorinum (Kützing) Umezaki & Watanabe, 1994a: 194.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, South Africa.
Note: Drouet (1968: 267, 293), after examining the holotype of this species (in L), assigned it to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Crouan & H. Crouan. As type locality, Drouet cited Tennstädt, Thüringen [Erfurt District], but Kützing wrote "Bennstädt, im Halle'schen''.