Note: Lomentariaceae J. Agardh (1876: 606, 630) has been conserved against Chondrosiphonaceae Kützing (1843b: 438), which was shown by P. Silva (1980b: 81) to be the earliest name for this family (see P. Silva, 1993b: 707).
Lomentaria amplexans R. Norris, 1987a: 36, figs. 1–4 (type locality: Rocky Bay, Park Rynie, Natal, South Africa).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.