Dasycladus ramosus Chamberlain, 1958: 119–121, figs. 1, 2, pl. II (type locality: Lighthouse Rocks, Ilha da Inhaca, Mozambique).—Isaac, 1958: 20.— Isaac & Chamberlain, 1958: 140.— Pocock, 1958: 25.— Valet, 1969: 582, pl. 33: fig. 2; pl. 39: fig. 4.— Gilbert, 1978: 310, footnote, fig. 17.— Seagrief, 1980: 22, fig. on pl. 3.— Iyengar, 1984a: 21–23, figs. 1–26.— Berger & Kaever, 1992: 80.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, Mozambique, South Africa.
Note: According to Desikachary (in Iyengar, 1984a), Iyengar had proposed the name Dasycladus raoi for this alga from the Andaman Islands, but his manuscript remained unpublished at his death in 1963.