Fucus bursa-pastoris S. Gmelin, 1768: 121, pl. VIII: fig. 3 (`bursa pastoris') (type locality: Mediterranean Sea).
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S. Gmelin) P. Silva, 1952a: 265.—Durairatnam, 1961a: 60–61.— S. Dixit, 1970: 121.— Isaac, 1971: 17.— Lawson, 1980: 47 (as G. pastoris).— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [32].— V. Krishnamurthy, 1991: table V.
Taxonomic synonym:
Sphaerococcus compressus C. Agardh, 1822 [1822–1823]: 308–309 (syntype localities: Cádiz, Spain; Oneglia, Italy).
Gracilaria compressa (C. Agardh) Greville, 1830: liv.—J. Agardh, 1901: 51.— Weber-van Bosse, 1913b: 116–117.— Weber-van Bosse, 1914: 280–281.— Levring, 1943: 178.— I. Joseph et al., 1948: 54, table XVI.— Thivy, 1952: 174.— Durairatnam, 1961b: 3.— E. Lewis, 1964a: 158, 159, tables II, III, IV.— S. Dixit, 1966: 16.— E. Lewis, 1967: 304.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [32].
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Amirante Islands, India, Kenya, Singapore, Sri Lanka.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by J. Agardh (1852 [1851–1863]: 593–594).