Bangia ciliaris Carmichael in W. Hooker, 1833: 316 (type locality: Appin, Argyll, Scotland).—Reinbold, 1908: 192.
Porphyrostromium ciliare (Carmichael) Wynne, 1986a: 329.
Taxonomic synonym:
Erythrotrichia obscura Berthold, 1882b: 26, pl. 1: figs. 19–25 (type locality: Golfo di Napoli, Italy).—Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1964: 599.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1970a: 34.— S. Dixit, 1980: 68–69.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [26].
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Amsterdam Island, India.
Note: The taxonomy and nomenclature of this genus and species is discussed in the appended Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes. (See Classification of Rhodophyceae subclass Bangiophycidae [p. 912].)