Grateloupia prolifera J. Agardh, 1876: 150 (lectotype locality: Chatham Island fide Parkinson in V. Chapman & Parkinson, 1974: 242).—De Toni & Forti, 1923: 57.— De Toni, 1924: 541.— V. May, 1965: 386.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.