Haliseris repens Okamura, 1916: 8, fig. 3, pl. I: figs. 7–18 (type locality: Truk Islands, Caroline Islands).
Dictyopteris repens (Okamura) Børgesen, 1924a: 265, fig. 13.—Nizamuddin & Saifullah, 1967: 170, figs. 1, 2, pl. I.— Isaac, 1968: 3.— Hackett, 1977: 27.— Lawson, 1980: 21.— Russell, 1981: 467.— M. Begum & Khatoon, 1988: 294.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 37.
Misapplied name (fide Hackett, 1977: 27):
Haliseris delicatula.—Barton, 1903a: 477.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Chagos Archipelago (Egmont Atoll), Kenya, Maldives, Pakistan.