Fucus tendo Linnaeus, 1753: 1162 (type locality: China).—Burman, 1768: 239.
Note: In the protologue of Fucus tendo, Linnaeus cited Fucus indicus teres, setam piscatoriam referens, longissimus Plukenet (1696: 160; 1692: pl. CLXXXIV: fig. 3), and on this basis Burman (l.c.) included India in the distribution of this alleged species. According to Turner (1802a: 342), F. tendo "is in reality an animal substance [from the silkworm according to the Oxford English Dictionary], commonly used in this country [i.e., England] for fishing lines, and known by the name of Indian grass''.