Thamnophora telfairiae W. Hooker & Harvey in Harvey, 1834a: 149–151, pl. CXXV (type locality: Mauritius).
Bonnemaisonia telfairiae (W. Hooker & Harvey) Endlicher, 1843: 44.
Plocamium telfairiae (W. Hooker & Harvey) Harvey ex Kützing, 1849: 885.—J. Agardh, 1851 [1851–1863]: 400.— G. Martens, 1868: 102–103.— Dickie, 1874b: 196.— J. Agardh, 1876: 342–343.— De Toni, 1900: 595.— Børgesen, 1933b: 123.— Børgesen, 1934b: 37.— Jadin, 1935: 167.— P. Anand, 1943b: 71.— Børgesen, 1943: 64.— Børgesen, 1953: 36.— Simons, 1964a: 192, figs. 8a–c.— S. Dixit, 1966: 15.— Payri, 1985: 640.— Naqvi et al., 1992: 135.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 48.
Nereidea telfairiae (W. Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze, 1891: 907.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Mauritius, Mozambique, Pakistan, Réunion.