Phyllotylus flabellatus J. Agardh, 1847: 9, footnote (type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [Sea Point, Cape Town fide Simons, 1983: 807, fig. 11]).
Dicurella flabellata (J. Agardh) J. Agardh, 1852 [1851–1863]: 632.—Hohenacker, 1855 [1852–1862]: no. 246.— Grunow, 1867: 84.— Reichardt, 1871: 26.— J. Agardh, 1876: 407.— Hemsley, 1884: 281.— Barton, 1893: 143.— Stephenson, 1939: 534.— Stephenson, 1944: 317.
Trematocarpus flabellatus (J. Agardh) De Toni, 1900: 418–419.—Reinbold, 1908: 194.— Delf & Michell, 1921: 108.— Simons, 1983: 807–808, figs. 11, 12.— Bolton, 1986: 253.— Branch et al., 1994: 328, pl. 156.3.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Gelidium fastigiatum Kützing in Hohenacker, 1862 [1852–1862]: no. 561 (type locality: Cape Agulhas, Cape Province, South Africa).—Kützing, 1863b: 16.— Kützing, 1868: 21, pl. 61: figs. a–c.
Misapplied names (fide Simons, l.c.):
Halymenia furcellata (Turner) C. Agardh var. cartilaginea.—Suhr, 1834: 733, pl. II: figs. 16, r.
Dicurella scutellata.—Papenfuss, 1940a: 219–220 (in part).— Stephenson, 1944: 350.— Stephenson, 1947: 303.
Trematocarpus scutellatus.—Simons, 1977: 41, fig. 112.5.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Amsterdam Island, St. Paul Island, South Africa.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Simons (1983: 807).