Dictyota prolifera Lamouroux, 1809a: 42 (type locality: Australia).—Lamouroux, 1809b: 331.— Lamouroux, 1813: 273.— C. Agardh, 1820a: 139.— J. Agardh, 1848b: 97.— Kützing, 1849: 557.— De Toni, 1895b: 281.— Womersley, 1967: 210.— Womersley, 1987: 190.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 374.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Dictyota radicans Harvey, 1855b: 536 (lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia fide Womersley, 1967: 210).—Harvey, 1859a: pl. CXIX.— Kützing, 1859: 15, pl. 36: fig. II.— Harvey, 1863: xii.— Sonder, 1880: 8.— J. Agardh, 1882: 92–93.— J. Agardh, 1894a: 74–75.— De Toni, 1895b: 273.— Lucas, 1909: 16.— Lucas, 1936: 91.— Lawson, 1980: 23.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Womersley (1967: 210). Lawson (1980: 23) cited Lind (1956) as recording Dictyota radicans from Kenya, but in fact she listed only Dictyota sp.