Conferva capensis C. Agardh, 1824: 118 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).
Cladophora capensis (C. Agardh) De Toni, 1889: 354.—Seagrief, 1988: 40, fig. 5:2.
Taxonomic synonym:
Cladophora ecklonii Kützing, 1849: 395 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).—Hohenacker, 1862 [1852–1862]: no. 463.— Barton, 1893: 55.
Misapplied names (fide Papenfuss notes):
Cladophora flagelliformis.—Krauss, 1846: 215.— Barton, 1893: 55 (in part).
Cladophora spinulosa.—Hohenacker, 1860 [1852–1862]: no. 351 (in part).— Barton, 1893: 55 (in part).
Cladophora nuda.—Hohenacker, 1862 [1852–1862]: no. 464 (in part).— Barton, 1893: 55 (in part).
Cladophora rupestris.—Hohenacker, 1862 [1852–1862]: no. 465.
Cladophora mediterranea.—Hohenacker, 1862 [1852–1862]: no. 466.— Barton, 1893: 55.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Levring (1938: 9).