Fucus flavicans Mertens, 1819: 179–180 (type locality: Australia fide J. Agardh, 1848b: 305).
Sargassum flavicans (Mertens) C. Agardh, 1820a: 18.—J. Agardh, 1848b: 304–305.— Harvey, 1863: vi.— J. Agardh, 1889: 82–83, pl. XXV: figs. 7–10.— Grunow, 1915 [1915–1916]: 367.— Islam, 1974b: 87.— Islam, 1976: 47, pl. 30: figs. 203a–f, pl. 31: figs. 205a–e.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [23].— Kendrick, Walker, & McComb, 1988: table 1.— Huisman et al., 1990: 93.— Kendrick, Huisman, & Walker, 1990: 50.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Bangladesh, India.