Fucus aeruginosus Turner, 1809–1811: 29–30, pl. 147 (syntype localities: Portugal; Red Sea).
Chondrus aeruginosus (Turner) Lamouroux, 1813: 128.—Krauss, 1846: 210 (reported as Gracilaria multipartita by Barton, 1893: 143).
Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen forma aeruginosa (Turner) Børgesen, 1938b: 226 (including Indian Ocean record).—K. Srinivasan, 1965: 246.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 21.— Ormond & Banaimoon, 1994: 118.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, South Africa, Yemen.