Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C. Agardh var. venustum Grunow in Askenasy, 1888: 27 (`venusta') (syntype localities: MacCluer Gulf [Berau Bay] and Sekar Bay, Irian Jaya, Indonesia).—De Toni, 1895b: 57.— Grunow, 1915 [1915–1916]: 404.— Børgesen, 1933a: 14, pl. 4.— Børgesen, 1935: 40.— Biswas & Sharma, 1950: 90.— S. Dixit, 1966: 10.— Misra, 1966b: 180–181, fig. 96.— K. Srinivasan, 1967: 144, fig. 40.— Gowda & G. Joshi, 1970: 291.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 14.— Isaac, 1971: 12.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Kenya, Singapore, Sri Lanka.