Gymnogongrus pygmaeus J. Agardh, 1851 [1851–1863]: 317–318 (type locality: India).—G. Martens, 1868: 96–97.— Kützing, 1869: 24, pl. 64: figs. c, d.— G. Martens, 1871b: 468.— J. Agardh, 1876: 209.— Theobald, 1883: 28.— Piccone, 1886: 59.— G. Murray, 1887: 24.— Piccone, 1889a: 37.— De Toni, 1897: 241–242.— Børgesen, 1936: 88.— Børgesen, 1937b: 329–330.— Durairatnam, 1961a: 58.— K. Srinivasan, 1965: 247.— S. Dixit, 1966: 17.— Umamaheswara Rao, 1969d: 45.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 22.— Umamaheswara Rao, 1974a: 302.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [33].— Nair et al., 1986: 737.— Bandara et al., 1988: 216.— Rajendran et al., 1991: table 2.— Sofiamma et al., 1991: 56, tables I–IV.— Kalimuthu, Kaliaperumal, & Ramalingam, 1992: 123.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 19 (table 1).— Maya & Nair, 1992: 26.— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 43.— Nair et al., 1993: 186.
Ahnfeltiopsis pygmaea (J. Agardh) P. Silva & DeCew, 1992: 578.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Burma (Boronga Islands), India, Seychelles, Sri Lanka.