Lithothamnion oblimans Heydrich, 1897a: 55, pl. III: fig. 17 (type locality: Tor, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt).
Lithophyllum oblimans (Heydrich) Heydrich, 1897c: 410.—Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 48.
Neogoniolithon oblimans (Heydrich) P. Silva.
Taxonomic synonym:
Lithothamnion myriocarpum Foslie, 1897: 19–20 (type locality: Massawa, Eritrea).
Goniolithon myriocarpum (Foslie) Foslie, 1904a: 45–46, pl. IX: figs. 6, 7 (`myriocarpon').—Reinbold, 1907: 579.— Pilger, 1908b: 41–42, figs. 11–13.— Adey & Lebednik, 1967: 25.— Hackett, 1977: 18.
Neogoniolithon myriocarpum (Foslie) Setchell & Mason, 1943a: 90.—Vasseur, 1965: 38, 40, 52, 53, 68.— Rhyne, 1971: 62.— Pichon, 1974: 304.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Diego Garcia Atoll, Djibouti, Indonesia (Semau), Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Seychelles (Mahé Island).
Note: Lithothamnion oblimans Heydrich was merged with L. myriocarpum Foslie by Foslie (1909: 9) under the latter name. Both names were published in 1897, but Heydrich's paper appeared a few month before Foslie's so that L. oblimans has priority.