Griffithsia ? trichoclados C. Agardh, 1828: 132 (`Griffitsia') (type locality: West Indies).
Lophocladia trichoclados (C. Agardh) Schmitz, 1893a: 223, footnote.—Varma, 1961: 224.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 26.— Islam & Aziz, 1983: 647–648, pl. I: figs. 7, 8; pl. VI: figs. 29–32.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [38].— Islam & Aziz, 1987: 215.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 21 (table 1).— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 44.— Zvyagintsev & Ivin, 1992: 11 (table 4).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Aldabra Islands, Bangladesh, India, Seychelles.