Gelidium proliferum Harvey, 1855b: 551 (type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia).—Harvey, 1862: pl. CCIV.— Harvey, 1863: xxxv.— Kützing, 1869: 9, pl. 25: fig. a.— De Toni, 1897: 156–157.— Lucas, 1909: 23.
Ptilophora prolifera (Harvey) J. Agardh, 1876: 555.—Sonder, 1880: 26.— Schmitz, 1894b: 192–193.— Kylin, 1956: 139.— Fan, 1961: 323, 339, pls. 36a, 40b, 46.— V. May, 1965: 372.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 414.— Millar & Wynne, 1992: 237, footnote.— Womersley & Guiry, 1994: 125–126, figs. 35A, 36.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.