Peyssonnelia harveyana J. Agardh, 1851 [1851–1863]: 501 (type locality: near Brest, Finistère, France).—Weber-van Bosse, 1913b: 139, pl. 14: fig. 35.— Weber-van Bosse, 1914: 303, pl. 18: fig. 35.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Saya de Malha Bank.
Note: Weber-van Bosse (l.c.) noted that the Saya de Malha Bank collection could be assigned to either Peyssonnelia harveyana or P. conchicola Piccone & Grunow with equal certainty.