Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C. Agardh [var.? fauvelii] forma benkulense Grunow, 1915 [1915–1916]: 407 (`benkulensis') (syntype localities: Pulau Tikus, near Bengkulu, Sumatra; Philippine Islands).
Misapplied names (fide Grunow, l.c.):
Sargassum microcystum.—G. Martens, 1868: 26, 72–73 (Sumatra record).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia (Sumatra).