Corallina filicula Lamarck, 1815: 234 (type locality: "Oc. américain'').
Arthrocardia palmata (Ellis & Solander) Areschoug, 1852: 549–550 (forma b).
Cheilosporum palmatum (Ellis & Solander) Yendo var. filicula (Lamarck) Yendo, 1902b: 192 (`filiculum').—De Toni, 1905: 1826.
Arthrocardia filicula (Lamarck) Johansen in Seagrief, 1984: 2, 6 (including Indian Ocean record).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.
Note: Areschoug (1852: 549–550) assigned Corallina filicula to Arthrocardia palmata (Ellis & Solander) Areschoug (l.c.) as forma b without making a combination.