Dictyota crenulata J. Agardh, 1847: 7 (type locality: San Agustín, Oaxaca, Mexico).—G. Murray, 1887: 35.— Durairatnam, 1961a: 37.— Misra, 1966b: 137.— S. Dixit, 1970: 112.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.