Polysiphonia gunniana Harvey, 1844c: 437–438 (type locality: Georgetown, Tasmania).
Dasya gunniana (Harvey) Harvey, 1847 [1847–1849]: 59.—Harvey, 1855b: 542.— Harvey, 1863: xxii.— Sonder, 1880: 35.
Heterosiphonia gunniana (Harvey) Reinbold, 1899: 49.—De Toni, 1903: 1231–1232.— Lucas & Perrin, 1947: 316–317, fig. 153.— V. May, 1965: 381.— Parsons, 1975: 618–625, figs. 17–19, 42.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 428.
Taxonomic synonym (fide Parsons, 1975: 619):
* Dasya gunniana (Harvey) Harvey forma intermedia J. Agardh, 1863 [1851–1863]: 1201 (syntype localities: Australia: Port Fairy, Victoria and Fremantle, Western Australia).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.