Gelidium pannosum Grunow, 1874: 40 (type locality: Upolu, Western Samoa).—Schmitz, 1895a: 139.— Schmitz, 1895b: 27.— Weber-van Bosse, 1913b: 114.— Weber-van Bosse, 1914: 278.— Lawson, 1980: 46.
Gelidiopsis pannosa (Grunow) Schmitz, 1895a: 148.—Schmitz & Hauptfleisch, 1897e: 389.— Gerloff, 1957: 767.— Lawson, 1980: 45.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Seychelles (Coetivy Reef), Tanzania.