Rhodymenia linearis J. Agardh, 1841: 13 (type locality: "in mari Australi'').—Grunow, 1867: 73.— Reichardt, 1871: 25.— Sonder, 1880: 18.— Hemsley, 1884: 281.— Lucas, 1909: 32.— V. May, 1965: 408.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, St. Paul Island.