Scinaia moniliformis J. Agardh, 1885: 72–73 (type locality: Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia).—Farghaly, 1980: 154, pl. XIX: fig. 2.— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 164–165, figs. 34G–J, pl. XVII.B.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Scinaia indica Børgesen, 1931: 4–5, fig. 2, pl. I: fig. 1 (type locality: Port Okha, Gujarat, India).—Børgesen, 1934b: 32.— P. Anand, 1943b: 14–16, figs. 7A,B.— Kappanna & Sitakara Rao, 1962: 559.— Sitakara Rao & Tipnis, 1964: 17.— Salim, 1965: 194.— K. Srinivasan, 1965: 245.— S. Dixit, 1966: 11.— Isaac, 1967: 79.— K. Srinivasan, 1969: 11, pl. XI.— Gopalakrishnan, 1970: 64.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 17.— Gopalakrishnan, 1971: tables I, II.— Saifullah, 1973: 142.— Chauhan & Mairh, 1978: 34.— Murthy, Bhattacharya, & Radia, 1978: 382.— Lawson, 1980: 60.— Akbar, 1982: 5–6.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [28].— Usmanghani et al., 1984: 76.— R. Qasim & Barkati, 1985: table 2 (`Sciaria indica').— R. Qasim, 1986: 225, 227, tables 1, 4.— M. Dave et al., 1987: table 1.— V. Krishnamurthy & Sundararajan, 1987b: 110–113, figs. 1–13, 56.— Banaimoon, 1988a: 219, fig. 5.— Qari & Qasim, 1988: 451.— Awasthi, 1989: 78.— Kalhoro & Usmani, 1990: 65 (`Samia indica').— R. Parekh & Chauhan, 1990: table 1.— Usmani, Kalhoro, & Ismail, 1990: 38 (`Samia indica').— R. Qasim, 1991: 50 (table 1).— Qari & Qasim, 1993: 230.— Ormond & Banaimoon, 1994: 118.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Yemen.
Note: The conspecificity of Scinaia indica and S. moniliformis was proposed by Huisman (1986: 272–273). V. Krishnamurthy & Sundararajan (1987b) recognized S. indica as an independent species, but did not comment on Huisman's opinion.