Dictyota liturata J. Agardh, 1848b: 95–96 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).—Kützing, 1859: 16, pl. 38: fig. I.— J. Agardh, 1882: 97.— J. Agardh, 1894a: 75.— De Toni, 1895b: 273–274.— Kjellman, 1896: 297.— Stephenson, Stephenson, & du Toit, 1937: 355, 359, 372.— Stephenson, 1947: 298.— Seagrief, 1967: 42, pl. [14].— Jackson, 1976: 32.— Seagrief, 1980: 23, fig. on pl. 5.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1987: 170.— Seagrief, 1988: 44, fig. 5:4.— Farrell, Critchley, & Aken, 1993: 150.— Branch et al., 1994: 314.— Farrell et al., 1994: 280.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.