Fucus dorycarpus Turner, 1809–1811: 21–22, pl. 143 (type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia fide Womersley, 1967: 252).
Scytothalia dorycarpa (Turner) Greville, 1830: xxxiv.—J. Agardh, 1848b: 258–259.— Sonder, 1848 [1846–1848]: 166.— Kützing, 1849: 592.— Harvey, 1855b: 534.— Harvey, 1858b: pl. IX.— Kützing, 1860: 10, pl. 25: figs. IIIa,b.— Sonder, 1880: 3.— Kjellman, 1893a: 285, fig. 187B.— De Toni, 1895b: 132–133.— Lucas, 1909: 12.— De Toni & Forti, 1923: 67.— Womersley, 1967: 252.— Nizamuddin, 1968a: 84–87, 93, figs. 19–32, pl. II.— Nizamuddin, 1970: 135.— Womersley, 1987: 351.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 385.
Taxonomic synonym:
Scytothalia xiphocarpa J. Agardh, 1848b: 259 (type locality: western Australia).—Kützing, 1849: 593.— Kützing, 1860: 10, pl. 25: fig. II.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by De Toni (1895b: 133).