Hymedesmia pansa Bowerbank, 1882: 56, pl. I figs. 1-4; Topsent, 1894: 8; Stephens, 1912: 29; Stephens, 1920: 36, pl. IV fig. 4; Topsent, 1925a: 672; Burton, 1930b: 498; Topsent, 1932: 2; Arndt, 1935: 67; Topsent, 1936a: 29; Borojevic et al., 1968: 22; Descatoire, 1969a: 195; Cabioch, 1973: 5; Van Soest et al., 1981: 42; Boury-Esnault and Lopes, 1985: 187.