Halimeda macrophysa Askenasy, 1888: 14, pl. IV: figs. 1–4 (type locality: Matuku Island, Fiji).—Barton, 1901: 17–18, pl. II: figs. 15–18.— Weber-van Bosse, 1913a: 121.— Hillis, 1959: 351–352, pl. 5: fig. 16; pl. 6: fig. 8; pl. 11.— Kohn, 1971: 10, 11.— Hillis-Colinvaux, 1980: 134–136, figs. 40b,c.— Hillis-Colinvaux, 1988: 16 (table 1).— Coppejans & Verellen, 1991: 16.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Aldabra Islands, Indonesia (Sumatra and Timor), Kenya, "western and eastern Indian Ocean''.