Lithothamnion bamleri Heydrich, 1897b: 4–6, pl. I: figs. 1–3 (type locality: Tami Island, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea).
Lithophyllum bamleri (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897c: 412.—Foslie, 1904a: 64–67, pl. XII: fig. 1.— Foslie, 1929: 32, pl. LV: fig. 1.— Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 18.— Segonzac, 1983: table 1.— Segonzac, 1984: 102, table 1.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Comoro Islands, Indonesia (Timor), Sri Lanka.