Conferva pellucida Hudson, 1762: 483 (type locality: Walney Island, Lancashire, England).
Cladophora pellucida (Hudson) Kützing, 1843b: 271.
Taxonomic synonyms:
Conferva trichotoma C. Agardh, 1824: 121 (type locality: Atlantic France).
Cladophora trichotoma (C. Agardh) Kützing, 1843b: 271.—Gajaria & R. Patel, 1985: 56, figs. 3, 7.
Cladophora catenifera Kützing, 1849: 390 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).—Hohenacker, 1860 [1852–1862]: no. 462.— Barton, 1896: 193.— Delf & Michell, 1921: 93.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, South Africa.
Note: Conferva trichotoma was proposed as a synonym of Cladophora pellucida by van den Hoek (1963: 215), who later (1982: 178–179) added Cladophora catenifera to the synonymy.