Polysiphonia javanica G. Martens, 1868: 31, 98–99, pl. VII: fig. 3 (type locality: Palabuan [Palabuhanratu], Java, Indonesia).—Möbius, 1893: 138.— De Wildeman, 1897a: 176.— De Wildeman, 1900: 417–419.
Pterosiphonia ? javanica (G. Martens) De Toni, 1903: 1000–1001.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia (Java).