Conferva crystallina Roth, 1797: 196–197 (type locality: near Wismar, Germany).
Cladophora crystallina (Roth) Kützing, 1843b: 267.—Kale, 1966: 180, pl. 2: figs. 1–4.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 4.— Hackett, 1977: 24 (with query).— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [10].
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Maldives?
Note: According to van den Hoek (1963: 148), Cladophora crystallina is referable to either C. glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing or C. vagabunda (Linnaeus) van den Hoek.