Halymenia variegata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 [1826–1829]: 179, pl. 14 (syntype localities: Concepción, Chile; New Guinea).
Callophyllis variegata (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kützing, 1843b: 401.—Grunow, 1867: 73.— Reichardt, 1871: 24.— Hemsley, 1884: 281.— R. Norris, 1964: 124–128, pl. 10.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: St. Paul Island, South Africa.