Amphiroa brasiliana Decaisne, 1842b: 125 (type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).—Nair, Sobha, & Arunachalam, 1982: 267 (table 1) (with query).— Sobha & Nair, 1985: 22 (with query).— Nair et al., 1986: 736.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India.