Grateloupia furcata Kützing, 1867: 7, pl. 23: fig. b (type locality: " `Palaban.' Ind. oriental: v. Martens'' [Palabuhanratu, Java, Indonesia]).—G. Martens, 1871b: 467.— Theobald, 1883: 29.— De Toni, 1905: 1572.— K. Srinivasan, 1961a: 229.— S. Dixit, 1970: 119.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 20.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [30].— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 242–243.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, Burma (Boronga Islands), Indonesia (Java), Nicobar Islands.