Dasya plana C. Agardh, 1827: 645 (type locality: Adriatic Sea).
Eupogodon planus (C. Agardh) Kützing, 1845: 312 (`planum').
Taxonomic synonyms:
* Ptilota ? pinnatifolia Suhr, 1834: 732, pl. II: fig. 18 (type locality: Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa).
Carpoblepharis pinnatifolia (Suhr) Kützing, 1847a: 1.—Kützing, 1849: 691.— J. Agardh, 1851 [1851–1863]: 153–154.— Kützing, 1862: 19, pl. 60: figs. d, e.— J. Agardh, 1876: 111.— De Toni, 1903: 1441–1442.— Delf & Michell, 1921: 116.
Dasyopsis pinnatifolia (Suhr) Schmitz, 1893a: 231.—Barton, 1896: 198.— De Toni, 1903: 1182.— Papenfuss, 1968b: 270.— Seagrief, 1988: 66, fig. 5:15.
Eupogodon pinnatifolius (Suhr) P. Silva in P. Silva, Meñez, & Moe, 1987: 130.
* Sarcomenia ? sandersonii Harvey ex J. Agardh, 1896: 137 (`sandersoni') (type locality: Natal, South Africa).
Misapplied name (fide Barton, 1896: 198):
Sphaerococcus lucidus.—Suhr, 1834: 728.
Pterocladia lucida.—Barton, 1893: 172.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Millar (1996: 155). The conspecificity of Ptilota pinnatifolia and Sarcomenia sandersonii was first proposed by Papenfuss (1968b: 270).