Fucus lamourouxii Turner, 1811–1819: 79–80, pl. 229 (type locality: Red Sea).
Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh var. lamourouxii (Turner) Weber-van Bosse, 1898: 369, pl. XXXII: figs. 1–4 ("forma typica'').—Weber-van Bosse, 1913a: 108–110 ("forma typica'').— Gilbert, 1942: 21 ("forma typica'').— Coppejans & Beeckman, 1989: 388–390, pl. 1: figs. 7–10; pl. 3: figs. 11–20.
Misapplied name (fide Coppejans & Beeckman, 1989: 389):
Caulerpa fergusonii.—W.R. Taylor, 1967: 48, fig. 3.— Isaac, 1968: 2, figs. 1A,B.— Jaasund, 1977d: 512.— Lawson, 1980: 4.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania.