Fucus dentifolius Turner, 1808–1809: 64–65, pl. 93 (type locality: Red Sea).
Sargassum dentifolium (Turner) C. Agardh, 1820a: 8.—Piccone, 1901: 122.— Grunow, 1916 [1915–1916]: 17–18.— Lawson, 1980: 27.
Taxonomic synonym:
Fucus denticulatus Forsskål, 1775: 191, nom. illeg. (type locality: Suez, Egypt).
Sargassum denticulatum Børgesen, 1932c: 9.—Basson, 1992: 222.— Al Easa, Kornprobst, & Rizk, 1995: 374.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Persian Gulf, Qatar, Somalia.
Note: Fucus denticulatus Forsskål, a later homonym of F. denticulatus Burman (1768) (Eucheuma denticulatum (Burman) Collins & Hervey (q.v.)), is included as a synonym on the authority of C. Agardh (1820a: 8). Sargassum denticulatum, intended to be a combination, is treated as a nomen novum in accordance with Art. 58.3.