Conferva siliculosa Dillwyn, 1809 [1802–1809]: 69, suppl. pl. E (syntype localities: Cromer in Norfolk and Hastings in East Sussex, England).
Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819: 131–132.—Børgesen, 1948: 42–43, fig. 21.— Allender, 1981: 19, 20, 22.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [17].— Jagtap, 1985a: 46.— Womersley, 1987: 33–34.— Al-Hasan & W. Jones, 1989: 295, pl. 3: fig. 25.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1990: 237.— Huisman et al., 1990: 92.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 370.— Kendrick, Huisman, & Walker, 1990: 49.— Basson, 1992: 220.
Misapplied name:
Ectocarpus confervoides.—Crane, 1981: 162, fig. 24.— R. Qasim & Barkati, 1985: 131, table 3.— Kendrick, Walker, & McComb, 1988: 205, table 1.— Seagrief, 1988: 42, fig. 5:3 (as Ectocarpus sp.).— Phang & Wee, 1991: 60.— Hadi et al., 1993: 126, figs. 49–53.
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INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, Australia, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, South Africa.
Note: The relationship between Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye and E. confervoides Le Jolis is discussed in the appended Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes.