Haliseris divaricata Okamura, 1907 [1907–1909]: 57–58, pl. XIII; pl. XIV: fig. 5 (syntype localities: Cape Iwai [Kesen'numa-wan, Miyagi Prefecture] and Hakodate, Japan).
Dictyopteris divaricata (Okamura) Okamura, 1932: 75.—Nizamuddin & Saifullah, 1967: 172, fig. 12: pl. V.— Saifullah, 1973: 140.— Farghaly, 1980: 107–108, pl. XIII: fig. 1.— M. Begum & Khatoon, 1988: 293–294, 303.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 36.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar, Pakistan.