Type locality:Hab. ad littora insularum archipelagi indici: Sumatra septentrionalis prope Belawan, in terra repens. -- Ambon prope Negerilama in terra et radicibus.
Type specimen:[Type category unknown]: New York: [Accession No. unknown]
Comment:De Clerck et al. 2006 Journal of Phycology 42:1271-1288 discuss this taxon with respect to the family Dictytaceae but do not formally indicate that this taxon should be subsumed into the Dictyotaceae.
AMANI dist.:Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: western Pacific.