Liagora orientalis J. Agardh, 1896: 99–100 (type locality: Sri Lanka).—De Toni, 1897: 86–87.— Weber-van Bosse, 1913b: 111.— Weber-van Bosse, 1914: 275.— S. Dixit, 1970: 116.— V. Krishnamurthy & Sundararajan, 1987a: 73, 75, 77, figs. 2, 15–28.— Abbott, 1990b: 314–317, figs. 7, 8.— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 147–148, fig. 29H.
Taxonomic synonyms:
* Trichogloea javensis Børgesen, 1951: 22–26, figs. 9, 10, pl. II (type locality: Tjisolok [Cisolok], Java, Indonesia).
* Liagora visakhapatnamensis Umamaheswara Rao, 1969a: 201–208, figs. 1–25, pl. 1 (type locality: Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India).—Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1970a: 36.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1970b: 47, 48, 49.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1974a: 38.— Umamaheswara Rao & Sreeramulu, 1974b: 52, 53, fig. 1.— S. Dixit, 1980: 70.— Chandrasekhara Rao et al., 1982: tables 2, 3.— P. Subba Rao et al., 1985: 33.— V. Krishnamurthy & Sundararajan, 1987a: 77–79, figs. 3, 29–37.— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 145–147, fig. 30, pl. XV.A.— Umamaheswara Rao, 1990: table 3.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Indonesia (Java), Seychelles (Coetivy Reef), Sri Lanka.
Note: Liagora visakhapatnamensis was proposed as a synonym by Abbott (1990b: 314, 317), who also, on the basis of an examination of the type, includes Trichogloea javensis in this species (Abbott, pers. comm., July 1994). According to Abbott (1990b: 314, 315), specimens (in L) collected by W. Ferguson (no. 30/4) from Sri Lanka and given the manuscript name Liagora pulverulenta C. Agardh var. ambigua by Grunow are representative of L. orientalis.