Ulva multifida J.E. Smith, 1808 [1790–1814]: pl. 1913 (type locality: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England).
Cutleria multifida (J.E. Smith) Greville, 1830: xliv.—Womersley, 1967: 207.— Niazi, 1982: 5.— Womersley, 1987: 260, 263, figs. 95A–D.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 379.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Pakistan.