Fucus rangiferina R. Brown ex Turner, 1809–1811: 114–115, pl. 183 (type locality: Kent Islands, Bass Strait, Australia).
Hypnea rangiferina (R. Brown ex Turner) Greville, 1830: lix.—G. Martens, 1868: 30, 92–93.— De Wildeman, 1897a: 172.— De Wildeman, 1900: 411.
Lecithites rangiferinus (R. Brown ex Turner) J. Agardh, 1852 [1851–1863]: 636.—Möbius, 1893: 138.
Callophyllis rangiferina (R. Brown ex Turner) Womersley, 1973: 256 (`rangiferinus') (including Indian Ocean record).—Womersley, 1994: 256, 258–259.
Taxonomic synonyms:
Sphaerococcus australis Harvey, 1844c: 445–446 (type locality: Georgetown, Tasmania).
Rhodymenia coccinea Harvey in J. Hooker & Harvey, 1847: 405.
Callophyllis coccinea (Harvey) Kützing, 1849: 746.—Harvey, 1855b: 555.— Harvey, 1863: xliii.— J. Agardh, 1876: 234.— Womersley & R. Norris, 1971: 35–38, figs. 65–71, 102–104.
* Callophyllis carnea J. Agardh, 1849: 87 (`Calophyllis') (type locality: Western Australia).—J. Agardh, 1851 [1851–1863]: 301.— Harvey, 1863: xliii.
Callophyllis coccinea (Harvey) Kützing var. carnea (J. Agardh) J. Agardh, 1876: 234.—Sonder, 1880: 15 (`cornea').— De Toni, 1897: 283.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Indonesia (Java).
Note: The conspecificity of Callophyllis coccinea and C. carnea was proposed by Womersley & R. Norris (1971: 37), while the identity of these species with Fucus rangiferinus was proposed by Womersley (1973: 256). When transferring Sphaerococcus australis to Rhodymenia, Harvey (in J. Hooker & Harvey, l.c.) was obligated to change the epithet because of the prior existence of Rhodymenia australis Sonder (1845: 56, nom. illeg.) (R. sonderi P. Silva, nom. nov. [p. 370]).