Laurencia venusta Yamada, 1931b: 203–204, fig. H, pl. 6: fig. a (syntype localities: Japan: Koshiki-jima, Kagoshima Prefecture and Goto-retto, Nagasaki Prefecture).—Jaasund, 1970a: 62–63, fig. 1B.— Sartoni, 1975: 301.— Jaasund, 1976: 141, figs. 284A,B.— Sartoni, 1976: 139.— Lawson, 1980: 54.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Somalia, Tanzania.