Wrangelia purpurifera J. Agardh, 1852 [1851–1863]: 707 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).—Stephenson, 1947: 308.— Bolton, 1986: 253.— Stegenga, 1986: 69–71, pl. 21.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1987: 178.— Seagrief, 1988: 62, fig. 5:13.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1990: 238.— Stegenga & Bolton, 1992: fig. 3, table I.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.
Note: When describing this species, J. Agardh referred to Callithamnion purpuriferum, a name published without a description or illustration by Harvey (1838: 403).