Fucus moniliformis Esper, 1804 [1802–1808]: 80–81, pl. CXLVIII (type locality: "aus der Südsee'' [probably southern coast of Australia fide Womersley, 1964: 71–72]).
Cystophora moniliformis (Esper) Womersley & Nizamuddin in Womersley, 1964: 71–72, fig. 6, pl. 3: fig. 1.—Womersley, 1987: 370, 372.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.