Fucus lividus Turner, 1811–1819: 140–141, pl. 254 (type locality: "Southern Ocean'').
Gigartina livida (Turner) J. Agardh, 1842: 104.—Grunow, 1867: 70–71.— Reichardt, 1871: 24.— Hemsley, 1884: 281.— Askenasy, 1888: 42.— De Toni, 1897: 213.— Reinbold, 1907: 568.
Sarcothalia livida (Turner) Hommersand in Hommersand et al., 1993: 113.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: St. Paul Island.