Microchaete vitiensis Askenasy ex Bornet & Flahault, 1885 [1885–1889]: 214 (type locality: Matuku Island, Fiji fide Askenasy, 1888: 2–3).
Fremyella vitiensis (Askenasy) De Toni fil., 1936b: [3].—Hackett, 1977: 11.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Maldives.
Note: Drouet (1973: 176, 193), after examining the holotype of this species (in PC), assigned it to Calothrix crustacea Thuret.