Laurencia flagellifera J. Agardh, 1852 [1851–1863]: 747–748 (type locality: "ad oras Indiae orientalis'' [India]).—G. Martens, 1868: 100–101.— J. Agardh, 1876: 648.— Dickie, 1877b: 6.— De Toni, 1903: 782–783.— Yamada, 1931b: 197–198, pl. 4b.— Børgesen, 1937a: 50, 52, fig. 28 (`flagelliformis' in expl.).— K. Srinivasan, 1961a: 239.— S. Dixit, 1966: 20.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 26 (`flagelliformis').— V. Krishnamurthy, 1980: 55 (`flagelliformis').— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [37] (`flagelliformis').— Nair et al., 1986: 738 (also as `flagelliformis').— Sofiamma et al., 1991: 56, tables I–IV.— Nair et al., 1993: 185, 193 (`flagelliformis').
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Rodriguez Island.