Corallina subulata Ellis & Solander, 1786: 119–120, pl. 21: figs. b, B (type locality: West Indies).—Isaac, 1971: 15.— Moorjani, 1980b: 463, 466.— Jagtap, 1993: table I.
Haliptilon subulatum (Ellis & Solander) Johansen, 1970: 79, 83–84, figs. 10, 12 (`subulata') (including Indian Ocean records).—Sartoni, 1975: 292, fig. 18.— Jaasund, 1976: 77, fig. 157.— Sartoni, 1976: 132, fig. 17.— Jaasund, 1977c: 419.— Knutzen & Jaasund, 1979: 3.— Lawson, 1980: 49, 50.— Seagrief, 1980: 25, fig. on pl. 8.— Lambert & Steinke, 1986b: 211, 213.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1987: 174.— Moorjani & Simpson, 1988: 29, pl. 60.— Seagrief, 1988: 52, fig. 5:8.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1990: 237.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 18 (table 1).— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 43.— Farrell, Critchley, & Aken, 1993: 152.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania.
Note: See Note to Haliptilon mauritianum [p. 233].