Conferva tortuosa Dillwyn, 1805 [1802–1809]: pl. 46 (lectotype locality: Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales fide Blair, 1983: 198).
Rhizoclonium tortuosum (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1845: 205.—G. Martens, 1868: 22, 58–59.— Barton, 1893: 54.— P. Anand, 1940: 23.— Salim, 1965: 194.— S. Dixit, 1968: 13.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [16].— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 24.
Lola tortuosa (Dillwyn) V. Chapman, 1953: 65.—Islam, 1974a: 16–17, pl. 2: figs. 9, 10.— Islam, 1976: 13–14.
Taxonomic synonyms:
Conferva ligustica Kützing, 1843b: 259 (type locality: Golfo di Genova, Italy).
Chaetomorpha ligustica (Kützing) Kützing, 1849: 376.—Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 25 (table 1).— Wynne, 1995: 328.
Rhizoclonium capillare Kützing, 1847a: 166 (type locality: Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France).
Chaetomorpha capillaris (Kützing) Børgesen, 1925: 45, nom. illeg.—Børgesen, 1939b: 64.— Levring, 1943: 175, fig. 1A.— Banaimoon, 1986: 127.— Al-Hasan & W. Jones, 1989: 293.— Basson, Mohamed, & Arora, 1989: 28.— Basson, 1992: 219.— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 45.— Ormond & Banaimoon, 1994: 116.
Lola capillaris (Kützing) G. Hamel, 1931a: 25–27, fig. 37: 1.—Børgesen, 1935: 13–14.— K. Srinivasan, 1961a: 229.— S. Dixit, 1966: 4.— S. Dixit, 1970: 105.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 4.— Islam, 1974a: 16, pl. 1: figs. 4, 5.— Islam, 1974b: 84.— Islam, 1976: 13.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [9].
Chaetomorpha tortuosa Kützing, 1849: 376, nom. illeg.—V. Krishnamurthy, 1954: 173.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [9].— Nair et al., 1986: 735.— Nair et al., 1990: table 2.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, Bahrain, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia (Java), Iran, Kuwait, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Réunion, Seychelles (including Mahé Island), Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Yemen.
Note: The taxonomy and nomenclature of this species is discussed in the appended Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes.