Liagora albicans Lamouroux, 1816: 240, pl. VII: fig. 7 (type locality: "Indes Orientales'').—C. Agardh, 1822 [1822–1823]: 397–398.— Kützing, 1849: 538.— J. Agardh, 1851 [1851–1863]: 428.— G. Martens, 1868: 88–89.— De Toni, 1897: 99.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 17.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [27].— Chennubhotla, Kaliaperumal, & Kalimuthu, 1987a: 104–105.— Abbott, 1990a: 119–122, figs. 16–21.— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 148.
Taxonomic synonyms:
Liagora decussata Montagne, 1849a: 64 (type locality: São Vicente, Ilhas do Cabo Verde).—Børgesen, 1951: 26–27, fig. 11.
* Liagora ceylonica Zeh, 1912: 268–269 (type locality: Sri Lanka).—De Toni, 1924: 93.— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 144, pl. IX.B.
* Liagora erecta Zeh, 1912: 268 (type locality: Madras, India).—De Toni, 1924: 93–94.— Børgesen, 1937a: 43–46, figs. 26a–c, pl. I.— M. Balakrishnan, 1955: 207–212, figs. 1–14.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1964: 600.— K. Srinivasan, 1965: 244.— S. Dixit, 1966: 11.— V. Krishnamurthy, 1967b: 221.— K. Srinivasan, 1969: 16, figs. 1–5, pl. XVI.— Umamaheswara Rao, 1969d: 43.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 17.— Umamaheswara Rao, 1970b: 367.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1970a: 36.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1970b: 47, 48.— A. Sarma & Ganapati, 1973: 146, table 1.— A. Sarma & Ganapati, 1974: 383, 390, tables I, II.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1974a: 38.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1974b: 52, 53, fig. 1.— B.G.S. Rao & Umamaheswara Rao, 1980: 250–252, pl. I.— Chandrasekhara Rao et al., 1982: tables 2, 3.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [27].— P. Subba Rao et al., 1985: 33.— G. Rao & Umamaheswara Rao, 1986: 103.— Chennubhotla, Kaliaperumal, & Kalimuthu, 1987a: 104–105.— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 142–144, figs. 29A,B, 31, pls. XII, XV.B.— Umamaheswara Rao, 1990: table 3.— Bhakuni et al., 1992: 515.— Kalimuthu, Kaliaperumal, & Ramalingam, 1992: 123.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands (including records cited from Andaman and Nicobar Islands), India, Laccadive Islands, Mauritius, Sri Lanka.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Abbott (1990a). In the original presentation of this species, the plate is labeled Liagora canescens, although L. albicans appears in the explanation of the plate, in the text, and in the index.