Halichondria nigricans Bowerbank, 1858: 297; 1866: 266; 1874: 113, pl. XLV figs. 25-31.
Halichondria pattersoni n.sp. Bowerbank, 1866: 255; 1874: 115, pl. XLVI figs. 1-6; Norman, 1869: 298.
Menyllus nigricans : Gray, 1867: 533; Ridley and Dendy, 1887: 117; Lilly et al., 1953; Burton, 1957: 34; Burton, in Bruce et al., 1963: 47; Könnecker, 1973: 458; Van Soest and Weinberg, 1980: 10.
Halichondria expansa n.sp. Bowerbank in Norman, 1869: 298; Bowerbank, 1874: 212, pl. LXXIV figs. 9-13
Esperia nigricans : Fristedt, 1885: 39.
Iophon nigricans : Topsent, 1891a: 528; Stephens, 1916: 233; Stephens, 1920: 29;
Iophonopsis nigricans : Dendy, 1924; Lévi, 1950b: 17; Descatoire, 1969a: 194; Borojevic et al., 1968: 21; Cabioch, 1973: 5; Solórzano, 1991: 34; Ackers et al., 1985: 137, photo 75; 1992: 121, photos 213-214;
Iophon pattersoni : Arnesen, 1903: 15; Burton, 1930a: 494; Arndt, 1935: 63, fig. 117; Alander, 1942: 51.
Menyllus ingalli : Van Soest and Weinberg, 1980: 10; Van Soest et al., 1981: 42.