Byssus cancellata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 721. 1767.

"Habitat in aquis dulcibus; natans tamquam mucor virescenti-luteus." RCN: 8398.

Lectotype (John in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] " Etwas Schlammmoss " in Ledermüller, Mikroskop. Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung: 139, t. 72. 1761.

Current name: Hydrodictyon reticulatum (L.) Lagerh. ( Hydrodictyaceae).