Sargassum siliquosum J. Agardh, 1848b: 316 (syntype localities: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia; Singapore).—Kützing, 1849: 619.— G. Martens, 1868: 27, 74–75.— Zanardini, 1872: 129.— Piccone, 1886: 45.— Möbius, 1893: 137.— De Toni, 1895b: 107–108.— De Wildeman, 1897a: 159.— De Wildeman, 1900: 383–384.— Reinbold, 1907: 561.— Grunow, 1916 [1915–1916]: 173–174.— Jadin, 1935: 160.— Zaneveld, 1952: 132.— Purchon & Enoch, 1954: 58.— Zaneveld, 1956: 20.— Zaneveld, 1959: 102–103.— S. Lee, 1966: 263, 264, 265, 271.— Chuang, 1973: 158.— Chennubhotla, Kaliaperumal, & Kalimuthu, 1981b: 11, 13.— Phang & Wee, 1991: 61.— Ho, Phang, & Pang, 1995: 274.— Phang, Noro, & Yoshida, 1995: 57, figs. 1–18.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore.