Sphacelaria callitricha C. Agardh, 1824: 166 (type locality: Falkland Islands).
Ballia callitricha (C. Agardh) Kützing, 1843b: 293.—Harvey, 1863: l [i.e. 50].— Lucas, 1909: 51.— Mazza, 1911 [1905–1918]: 131–135.— Lucas & Perrin, 1947: 350, fig. 174.— V. May, 1965: 367.— Wollaston, 1968: 308–309, 311–312, figs. 21A–I.— Stegenga & Bolton, 1992: fig. 3, table I.
Taxonomic synonym:
Ballia brunonia Harvey, 1840: 191–193, pl. IX.A (syntype localities: Circular Head and Port Arthur, Tasmania).—Sonder, 1880: 11.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, South Africa.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by J. Agardh (1851 [1851–1863]: 75).