Avrainvillea lacerata Harvey ex J. Agardh, 1887: 54 (type locality: Tonga).—A. Gepp & E. Gepp, 1905: 339.— Svedelius, 1906b: 195, 213, 217.— A. Gepp & E. Gepp, 1911: 38, 139 ("forma typica'').— Weber-van Bosse, 1913a: 115 ("forma typica'').— W.R. Taylor, 1966a: 352.— Isaac, 1967: 76.— Lawson, 1980: 2.— Olsen-Stojkovich, 1985: 33–36, fig. 18, pl. 6b.— Payri, 1985: 640.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Christmas Island, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Réunion, Singapore, Sri Lanka.