Fucus ericifolius Turner, 1807–1808: 124–125, pl. 56 (type locality: Bermuda).
Caulerpa ericifolia (Turner) C. Agardh, 1817: XXIII.—Montagne, 1841: 271.— Dickie, 1877b: 7.
Caulerpa cupressoides (Vahl) C. Agardh var. ericifolia (Turner) Weber-van Bosse, 1898: 335 (including Indian Ocean record).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia (Java), Mauritius (Agalega Islands), Rodriguez Island.