Pycnophycus brassicaeformis Kützing, 1860: 9, pl. 23: fig. I (type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).
Bifurcaria brassicaeformis (Kützing) Barton, 1893: 82.—Stephenson, 1944: 307, 308, 348.— Stephenson, 1947: 297.— Isaac, 1951: 97, 99.— Isaac & Hewitt, 1953c: 16.— Simons, 1969: 252, fig. (s.n.).— Jensen, 1974: 13–15, figs. 4, 5, pl. 2b.— Brown & Jarman, 1978: 1259.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.
Note: Barton (1893: 82) cited "Algoa Bay, Holub! Natal, Gueinzius!'', but Isaac (1951: 97) doubted these records, the eastern limit for this species apparently being close to Cape Agulhas.