Sargassum carpophyllum J. Agardh, 1848b: 304 (lectotype locality: Sri Lanka fide Setchell, 1935b: 7).—G. Martens, 1868: 74–75.— J. Agardh, 1889: 82: pl. XXV: figs. 3–6.— De Toni, 1895b: 39–40.— Reinbold, 1895a: 25.— Grunow, 1915 [1915–1916]: 366.— Biswas & Sharma, 1950: 86.— Newton, 1953: 398.— Durairatnam, 1961a: 41, pl. VIII: figs. 4–7.— Durairatnam, 1961b: 1.— Misra, 1966b: 173, fig. 91.— Misra, 1967: 233.— K. Srinivasan, 1967: 137, fig. 33.— S. Dixit, 1968: 18.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 14.— Islam, 1974b: 87.— Islam, 1976: 47, pl. 32: figs. 211a,b.— Lawson, 1980: 26.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [22].
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: southeast Arabian coast, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania.