Pterocladia nana Okamura, 1931 [1929–1932]: 53, pl. CCLXXVIII: figs. 1–14 (syntype localities: various in Japan).—Jaasund, 1976: 73, figs. 146A,B.— Jaasund, 1977c: 418.— Lawson, 1980: 59.— Payri, 1985: 640.— Oyieke & Ruwa, 1987: 82, 84, 91.— Banaimoon, 1988b: 238, fig. 4.— Jagtap, 1993: table I.— Ormond & Banaimoon, 1994: 118.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Mauritius, Réunion, Tanzania, Yemen.