Conferva plumula Ellis, 1768: 425, pl. XVIII: figs. g, G, G1 (type locality: Sussex, England).
Callithamnion plumula (Ellis) Lyngbye, 1819: 127.—J. Murray, 1881: 5.
Pterothamnion plumula (Ellis) Nägeli, 1855: 66.
Antithamnion plumula (Ellis) Thuret in Le Jolis, 1863: 112.—De Toni & Forti, 1923: 55–56.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Pakistan.