Rytiphlaea canaliculata Greville, 1831a: 149, pl. IV (in part, 4 figs.) (type locality: Swan River Settlement, Western Australia).
Kuetzingia canaliculata (Greville) Sonder, 1845: 54.—Harvey, 1847 [1847–1849]: 23–24, pl. IX.— Sonder, 1848 [1846–1848]: 184.— Kützing, 1849: 846.— Harvey, 1855b: 538.— Harvey, 1862: pl. CCXXXII.— J. Agardh, 1863 [1851–1863]: 1097–1098.— Harvey, 1863: xvi.— Kützing, 1865: 4–5, pl. 10.— Sonder, 1880: 32.— Falkenberg, 1901: 451–454, pl. 7: figs. 30–36.— De Toni, 1903: 1078–1079.— Lucas, 1909: 45.— De Toni & Forti, 1923: 46.— De Toni, 1924: 425–426.— V. May, 1965: 396.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 435.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.