Sarcocladia obesa Harvey, 1855b: 550 (lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia fide Millar, 1990: 341).—Harvey, 1863: xxxiv.— J. Agardh, 1876: 427–428.— Sonder, 1880: 22.— Schmitz & Hauptfleisch, 1897e: 391.— De Toni, 1900: 426.— Lucas, 1909: 30.— De Toni & Forti, 1923: 25–26, pl. III: fig. 4.— De Toni, 1924: 249.
Curdiea obesa (Harvey) Kylin, 1932: 61.—V. May, 1965: 408.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 417.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.