Dictyota cervicornis Kützing, 1859: 11, pl. 24: fig. II (type locality: Key West, Florida, U.S.A.).—Misra, 1966b: 139, fig. 71.— Misra, 1967: 233.— Gopalakrishnan, 1970: 63.— Jaasund, 1970c: 75, figs. 2H, 3B.— Jaasund, 1976: 39, fig. 80, pl. 2.— Jaasund, 1977d: 515.— Chauhan & Mairh, 1978: 34.— S. Dixit, 1980: 65.— Lawson, 1980: 22.— Teo & Wee, 1983: 67, fig. 66.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [25].— Phang, 1985: color photo on p. 23.— Weber-Peukert, 1986: 132, 133, 138, 139, pl. 1: fig. 6, tables 1, 2.— M. Begum & Khatoon, 1988: 295.— Coppejans & Gallin, 1989: 51.— Phang & Wee, 1991: 60.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 37.— Jagtap, 1993: table I.— Ballesteros, 1994: 542.— Wynne, 1995: 326.
Taxonomic synonyms:
Dictyota indica Sonder ex Kützing, 1859: 8, pl. 17: fig. I (type locality: La Habana, Cuba).—G. Martens, 1868: 26, 80–81.— Zanardini, 1872: 133.— Dickie, 1874b: 191.— Möbius, 1893: 137.— Jadin, 1935: 160.— Durairatnam, 1961a: 38–39.— Salim, 1965: 193.— Misra, 1966b: 137, 139, fig. 70.— Misra, 1967: 233.— S. Dixit, 1970: 112.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 11.— Nizamuddin & Gessner, 1970: 5, pl. 8: fig. 24.— Gopinathan & Panigrahy, 1983: 50.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [21].— Kalugina-Gutnik, 1985: 97.— D. Jones, 1986: 30, pl. 5.— Shameel & Afaq Hussain, 1987: 295.— M. Begum & Khatoon, 1988: 297.— Shameel, Afaq-Husain, & Shahid-Husain, 1989: 179.— Bano, Parveen, & Ahmad, 1990: 494.— Ahmad, Parveen, et al., 1991: 1015.— Shaikh, Shameel, Usmanghani, & Ahmad, 1991b: 125.— Shameel, Shaikh, & Khan, 1991: 425–427, table I.— Ahmad, Perveen, et al., 1992: 58.— Basson, 1992: 221.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 22 (table 1).— Naqvi et al., 1992: 133.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 38.— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 44.— Shaikh & Shameel, 1995: 20–21, fig. 7.
Dictyota pardalis Kützing, 1859: 16–17, pl. 39: fig. II (type locality: Caribbean Sea).—De Wildeman, 1897a: 162.— De Wildeman, 1900: 394.— Isaac & Chamberlain, 1958: 142.— Pocock, 1958: 25.— Plante, 1965: 250.— Isaac, 1967: 78.— Jaasund, 1970c: 75–76, figs. 1C, 2B, 3A.— Jaasund, 1976: 41, fig. 81.— Jaasund, 1977d: 516.— Pichon, 1978: 176, 413.— Knutzen & Jaasund, 1979: 4.— Farghaly, 1980: 109, pl. XIII: fig. 4.— Lawson, 1980: 23 (`paradalis').— Banaimoon, 1986: 129, fig. 11.— Moorjani & Simpson, 1988: 19, pl. 33b.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, India, Indonesia (Java and Timor), Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Pakistan, Seychelles (including Mahé Island), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Yemen.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Hörnig et al. (1992: 58, 59).