Conferva brachyclados Montagne, 1837: 349 (type locality: Cuba).
Cladophora montagneana Kützing, 1849: 415.—van den Hoek & Womersley, 1984: 204, 206, figs. 66B, 67E–I.— D. Gordon, van den Hoek, & McComb, 1985: 57–65, figs. 1–4.— D. Gordon & McComb, 1989: 633.— Cambridge, Breeman, & van den Hoek, 1991: 81, figs. 1, 2, table 1.— Lavery, Lukatelich, & McComb, 1991: 3, 8.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: In transferring Conferva brachyclados to Cladophora, Kützing was obligated to change the epithet in view of the existence of Cladophora brachyclados (Kützing) Kützing (1845: 216) (Conferva crispata var. brachyclados Kützing, 1833c: no. 67; type locality: Seeburg, Halle, Germany), a species that was referred by van den Hoek (1963: 113) to Cladophora rivularis (Linnaeus) van den Hoek (q.v.).