Caulerpa webbiana Montagne, 1837: 354 (type locality: Arrecife, Isla Lanzarote, Islas Canarias).—Børgesen, 1940: 45.— Isaac & Chamberlain, 1958: 129–131, figs. 5, 6 ("forma typica'').— Pichon, 1978: 412.— Farghaly, 1980: 91.— Seagrief, 1980: 21.— Payri, 1985: 640.— Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko, & Titlyanova, 1992: 24 (table 1).— Titlyanova, Perestenko, & Kalugina-Gutnik, 1992: 45.— Critchley et al., 1994: 262.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa.