Ceramium mazatlanense Dawson, 1950b: 130, 132, pl. 2: figs. 14, 15 (type locality: Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico).—Jaasund, 1970b: 67–68, fig. 1A.— Jaasund, 1976: 107, fig. 215.— Hackett, 1977: 14.— Lawson, 1980: 37.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 20 (table 1).— Zvyagintsev & Ivin, 1992: tables 2, 3.— Wynne, 1995: 294–296, fig. 42.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Aldabra Islands, Kenya, Maldives, Seychelles (including Mahé Island), Tanzania.