Caulerpa tomentella Harvey ex J. Agardh, 1873: 8 (type locality: Tonga).—Jadin, 1935: 157.
Caulerpa webbiana Montagne [var. webbiana] forma tomentella (Harvey ex J. Agardh) Weber-van Bosse, 1898: 270–271, pl. XXI: fig. 4 (including Indian Ocean record).—Børgesen, 1946: 36.— Børgesen, 1951: 8.— Gerloff, 1957: 760.— Gerloff, 1960: 618–619.— Sartoni, 1978: 410, 412, figs. 3B,D.— Lawson, 1980: 7.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania.