Oscillatoria corium C. Agardh, 1812 [1810–1812]: 36 (lectotype locality: not specified fide Drouet, 1968: 125).
Phormidium corium (C. Agardh) Kützing, 1843b: 194.—D. Jones, 1986: 28, pl. 3.— Al-Hasan & W. Jones, 1989: 307, pl. 11: fig. 95.— G. Subramanian et al., 1989: 310–315, 317–320.— Thajuddin & G. Subramanian, 1992a: table III.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Kuwait.
Note: Drouet (1968: 124–125) chose a specimen in L as the lectotype of this species and assigned it to Schizothrix rubella Gomont, which he stated was found in fresh water and on soil.