Gracilaria kanyakumariensis Umamaheswara Rao, 1974b: 684–685, figs. 3i–k, pl. III:B (type locality: near "Kanyakumari'' [Kanniyakumari], Tamil Nadu, India).—S. Dixit, 1980: 73.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [32].— V. Krishnamurthy & Rajendran, 1987a: 11, 14, fig. 12, table 1.— V. Krishnamurthy, 1989: figs. 3B, 6B, 8D.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Laccadive Islands.