Hutchinsia reptabunda Suhr, 1831: 684 (type locality: Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
Lophosiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kylin, 1956: 539.—Jaasund, 1976: 131, figs. 266A,B.— Jaasund, 1977b: 411.— Knutzen & Jaasund, 1979: 3.— Lawson, 1980: 56.— Oyieke & Ruwa, 1987: 82, 84, 92.— Coppejans & Gallin, 1989: 52.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 21 (table 1).— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 44.— Farrell, Critchley, & Aken, 1993: 152.
Misapplied names (fide Howe, 1920: 574):
Polysiphonia obscura.—G. Murray, 1887: 31.
Lophosiphonia obscura.—Weber-van Bosse, 1923: 367–368 (excluding Flores record fide Hollenberg, 1968d: 80).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia (Timor), Kenya, Seychelles, Sri Lanka.
Note: The nomenclature of this species is discussed in the appended Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes.