Siphonocladus delphinii Hariot, 1902: 470 (`delphini') (type locality: Fort-Dauphin [Taolanaro], Madagascar).
Chamaedoris delphinii (Hariot) J. Feldmann & Børgesen in Børgesen, 1940: 16–20, 21, footnote, fig. 5, pl. I (including Indian Ocean records).—Stephenson, 1944: 300, 349.— Stephenson, 1947: 295.— Papenfuss, 1952: 167.— Isaac, 1956a: 172, pl. XXXVIII.— Isaac, 1957b: 85.— Isaac, 1958: 20, fig. 7d.— Pocock, 1958: 24.— Gerloff, 1960: 611.— W. Isaac & F. Isaac, 1968: 12.— Simons, 1969: 244, fig. (s.n.).— Jaasund, 1976: 11, fig. 22.— Jackson, 1976: 15, 18, 32.— Simons, 1977: 14, fig. 13.— Brown & Jarman, 1978: 1254, 1256.— Pichon, 1978: 176, 252, 412.— Farghaly, 1980: 65.— Lawson, 1980: 8.— Seagrief, 1980: 22, fig. on pl. 3.— Farnham & Lambert, 1981: 135.— Lambert & Steinke, 1986a: 54.— Lambert & Steinke, 1986b: 213.— Seagrief, 1988: 42, fig. 5:3.— Sartoni, 1992: 311, figs. 8B, 9B.— Farrell, Critchley, & Aken, 1993: 149.— Branch et al., 1994: 310, pl. 147.6.— Chamberlain & R. Norris, 1994a: 10, fig. 4.— Farrell et al., 1994: 280.
Misapplied name (fide Børgesen, 1940: 16–20, 21, footnote and Papenfuss, 1952: 167):
Chamaedoris annulata.—Krauss, 1846: 214.— Areschoug, 1851: 14.— Dickie, 1874b: 198.— J. Agardh, 1887: 113 (in part).— De Toni, 1889: 383–384 (in part).— Barton, 1893: 56.— Delf & Michell, 1921: 96.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania.