Note: This genus, which previously has been assigned either to the Ectocarpaceae (Ectocarpales) or the Myrionemataceae (Chordariales), was placed in the Scytosiphonaceae (Scytosiphonales) by Pedersen & Sokhi (1990: 554).
Compsonema gracile Kuckuck, 1899: 58, pl. VI (12): figs. 6–9 (type locality: Rovinj, Croatia).—Misra, 1966b: 105, fig. 53.— Misra, 1967: 232.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 12.— S. Dixit, 1980: 66.— M. Balakrishnan & Kinkar, 1981: 27, fig. 115.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [19].
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India.