Ochlochaete ferox Huber, 1893: 292–293, pl. X (type locality: near Le Croisic, Loire-Atlantique, France).—Seagrief, 1984: 43.— Seagrief, 1988: 38, fig. 5:1.
Ochlochaete hystrix Thwaites var. ferox (Huber) Nielsen, 1978: 131.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.