Fucus punctatus Stackhouse in Withering, 1796: 405 (type locality: Weymouth, Dorset, England).
Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville, 1830: xlvii.—Børgesen, 1934a: 19–20.— Børgesen, 1934b: 45.— P. Anand, 1943b: 44.— Salim, 1965: 193.— S. Dixit, 1966: 19.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 24.— Untawale, Reddy, & Ambiye, 1989: table 1.— V. Krishnamurthy & Varadarajan, 1991b: 63–65, figs. 9–19.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 52.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Pakistan.