Claudea multifida Harvey, 1854: 145, pl. VI (type locality: Belligam [Weligama], Sri Lanka).—Harvey, 1857a: no. 2.— J. Agardh, 1863 [1851–1863]: 1276–1277.— Kützing, 1869: 21, pl. 56: figs. a–c.— G. Murray, 1887: 32.— Schmitz & Hauptfleisch, 1897g: 416.— De Toni, 1900: 750–751.— Svedelius, 1906b: 195, 200, 214, 217.— Biswas, 1934: 238.— Børgesen, 1936: 93.— Børgesen, 1937b: 343.— Papenfuss, 1937: 5–30, figs. 1–27.— Børgesen, 1952: 63–64.— P. Silva & Cleary, 1954: 259.— Chacko, Mahadevan, & R. Ganesan, 1955: 12.— Kylin, 1956: 437.— Varma, 1961: 224.— S. Dixit, 1966: 19.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 24.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [35].— V. Krishnamurthy & Varadarajan, 1990b: 15–17, figs. 1–4.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, India, Mauritius, Sri Lanka.