Bryopsis hypnoides J.V.Lamouroux

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Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Bryopsidaceae
Genus Bryopsis

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Hawaii; scale is 5 mm. 15 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman. From: Huisman JM, Abbott IA, Smith CM (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu. 264 p. Available from Seagrant, University of Hawai'i.

Zeeland delta, Netherlands. 26 Mar 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger. © Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net).

Tanzania. Katrin Østerlund. © Katrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se). From: Oliveira, E., Österlund, K. & Mtolera, M.S.P. (2005). Marine Plants of Tanzania. A field guide to the seaweeds and seagrasses. pp. 267, Numerous coloured illustrations and line drawings. Stockholm: Botany Department, Stockholm University.

Schilksee, Kieler Bight, Baltic Sea. 06 Dec 2004. Dirk Schories. © Dirk Schories (dirk.schories@gmx.de).

Schilksee, Kieler Bight, Baltic Sea, 2m depth. 06 Dec 2004.

Bryopsis hypnoides J.V.Lamouroux Schilksee, Kieler Bight, Baltic Sea, 2m depth

Publication details
Bryopsis hypnoides J.V.Lamouroux 1809: 333 [135]

Original publication: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1809). Observations sur la physiologie des algues marines, et description de cinq nouveaux genres de cette famille. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 1: 330-333, fig. 2, pl. 6.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Bryopsis is Bryopsis pennata J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the mosses, specifically the genus Hypnum (Neal 1993).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bryopsis hypnoides var. occidentalis
Bryopsis hypnoides f. praelongata J.Agardh 1887
Bryopsis hypnoides f. atlantica J.Agardh 1887
Bryopsis hypnoides f. prolongata J.Agardh 1887
Bryopsis monoïca Berthold ex Funk 1927

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Common names

(as Bryopsis hypnoides J.V.Lamouroux)
English: Variously Branched Mossy Feather Weed (Bunker et al. 2010).

Japanese: Obana-hanemo (Tokida 1954).

Type information
Type locality: Hab. in Gall. Mediterr. [Mediterranean France] (Lamouroux 1809: 333). Type: CN? Notes: According to the 1809 reprint, cited by INA, the type locality is "Cette [Mediterranean coast of France: Sète, Hérault]".

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Bryopsis hypnoides J.V.Lamouroux)
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Clare (Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Guiry 1978), Derry (Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Galway (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Guiry 1978), Waterford (Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Gallardo et al. 1993), Belgium (Coppejans 1995), Black Sea (Gallardo et al. 1993), Britain (Newton 1931, Burrows 1991, Hardy & Guiry 2003, Brodie et al. 2007), Bulgaria (Dimitrova-Konaklieva 1981, Berov et al. 2012), Corsica (Gallardo et al. 1993), France (Feldmann 1937, Feldmann 1954, Coppejans 1972, Gallardo et al. 1993, Coppejans 1995, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Greece (Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Tsekos & Haritonidis 1977, Athanasiadis 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Ireland (Adams 1907, Cotton 1912, Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Burrows 1991, Morton 1994, Guiry 2012), Italy (Funk 1961, Giaccone 1969, Gallardo et al. 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002), Malta (Cormaci et al. 1997), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983, Stegenga, Kaaremans & Simons 2007), Pelagean Islands (Alongi et al. 2012), Portugal (Ardré 1970), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Sicily (Alongi et al. 2012), Spain (Miranda 1931, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Ballesteros 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993, Flores-Moya et al. 1995, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Báez, Conde & Flores-Moya 2001, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Valenzuela Miranda 2002, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Morais e Silva, Lavelli & Rull Lluch 2008, Bárbara et al 2008, Cires Rodriguez & Cuesta Moliner 2010), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971, Güner, Aysel, Sukatar & Öztürk 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993, Taskin et al. 2008 ), Veneto (Sfriso, A.).

Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994, Tittley & Neto 1994), Bermuda (Taylor 1957, Taylor 1960), Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Viera-Rodriguez et al. 1987, Gil-Rodriguez, Afonso-Carrillo & Wildpret de la Torre 1987, Guadalupe et al. 1995, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Madeira (Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001), Salvage Islands (Audiffred & Weisscher 1984, John et al. 2004).

North America: Baja California Sur (Gulf) (Pérez-Eatrada et al. 2012 ), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Stewart 1991, Lam & Zechman 2006, Miller 2012), Florida (Taylor 1928, Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974, Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008), Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Jersey (Taylor 1957), North Carolina (Taylor 1960), Texas (Wynne 2009), Virginia (Humm 1979).

Central America: Baja California (Norris 2010), Belize (Littler & Littler 1997), El Salvador (Fernández-García et al. 2011), México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2005), Panama (Taylor 1945, Wysor & Kooistra 2003, Wysor 2004, Fernández-García et al. 2011).

Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cayman Islands (Taylor 1960), Cuba (Suárez 2005), Martinique (Rodríguez-Prieto, Michanek & Ivon 1999), Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Brazil (Moura 2010), Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991), Galápagos Islands (Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011), Uruguay (Coll & Oliveira 1999), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Algeria (Gallardo et al. 1993), Egypt (Papenfuss 1968, Aleem 1993), Eritrea (Ateweberhan & Prud'homme van Reine 2005), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mauritius (Børgesen 1946, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mediterranean Sea (Altamirano et al. 2010), Morocco (Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001, Benhissoune, Boudouresque & Verlaque 2001), Namibia (Rull Lluch 2002, John et al. 2004), Sierra Leone (John et al. 2004), South Africa (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993).

Indian Ocean Islands: Laccadive Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: Cyprus (Taskin et al. 2013), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Iran (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Israel (Hoffman 2004), Jordan (Papenfuss 1968), Kuwait (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Levant states (Gallardo et al. 1993), Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Saudi Arabia (Papenfuss 1968), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Asia: China (Zeng 2009, Wang 2012), Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Lee 2008, Bae 2010).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011), Vietnam (Tien 2007).

Australia and New Zealand: Papua New Guinea (Coppejans et al. 2001), Queensland (Lewis 1987).

Pacific Islands: Easter Island (Santelices & Abbott 1987), Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004, Huisman, Abbott & Smith 2007), Mariana Islands (Tsuda 2003), Wake Atoll (Ysuda et al. 2010).

(as Bryopsis monoïca Berthold ex Funk)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978), France (Feldmann 1937), Spain (Ballesteros 1983, Gallardo et al. 1985).

Taxonomic notes
Shevlin (in Schneider & Searles, 1991: 95) considers that this entity represents a growth form of B. plumosa (Hudson) C. Agardh. Taylor (1945) cites his record as Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux, prox.

Key references
Burova, O.V., Tsarenko, P.M., Kovalenko, O.V., Mikhailyuk, T.I., Petlovany, O.A., Lilitska, G.G. & Bilous, O.P. (2011). Ulvophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 20-61. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G.

Burrows, E.M. (1991). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 2. Chlorophyta. pp. [i]-xi, [1]-238, 60 figs, 9 pls. London: Natural History Museum Publications.

Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A., Smith, C.M. (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. pp. [1]-264, numerous colour photographs. Honolulu: A publication of the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program.

Kim, G.H. & Klochkova, T.A. (2010). Bryopsidales. In: Algal flora of Korea. Volume 1, Number 1. Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae: Ulotrichales, Ulvales, Cladophorales, Bryopsidales. Marine green algae. (Bae, E.H., Kim, H.-S., Kwon, C.-J., Hwang, I.-K., Kiim, G.H. & Klochkova, T.A. Eds), pp. 157-209. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.

Lam, D.W. & Zechman, F.W. (2006). Phylogenetic analyses of the Bryopsidales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on RUBISCO large subunit gene sequences. Journal of Phycology 42: 669-678.

Pedroche, F.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar-Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar-Rosas, R. (2005). Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas del Pacífico de México. I. Chlorophycota. pp. i-viii, 17-146. Ensenada, México: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

Scagel, R.F. (1957). An annotated list of the marine algae of British Columbia and northern Washington (including keys to genera). Bulletin, National Museum of Canada 150: [i]-vi, 1-289.

Sfriso, A. (2011). Chlorophyta multicellulari e fanerogame acquatiche. Ambiente di transizione italiani e litorali adiacenti. pp. [1]-318, pls 1-94. Bologna: Arpa Emilia-Romagna.

Skelton, P.A. & South, G.R. (2007). The benthic marine algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with emphasis on the Apia District. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 132: 1-350.

Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Wynne, M.J. (2005). Two new species of Bryopsis (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 229-256.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Bryopsis&species=hypnoides

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Bryopsis&Species=hypnoides

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 14 March 2013 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3305 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Bartlett, R.B. & South, G.R. (1973). Observations on the life-history of Bryopsis hypnoides Lamour. from Newfoundland: a new variation in culture. Acta Bot. Neerel. 22: 1-5.
Burr, F.A. & West, J.A. (1970). Light and electron microscope observations on the vegetative and reproductive structures of Bryopsis hypnoides. Phycologia 9: 17-37.
Burr, F.A. & West, J.A. (1971). Protein bodies in Bryopsis hypnoides: their relationship to wound healing and branch septum development. J. Ultrastruc. Res. 35: 476-498.
Díaz-Piferrer, M. & Burrows, E.M. (1974). The life history of Bryopsis hypnoides Lamour. from Anglesey, North Wales and from the Caribbean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 529-538.
Feldmann, J. (1957). Sur l'hermaphrodisme du Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux. Bulletin de la Société Phycologique de France 3: 7-8.
Kermarrec, A. (1980). Sur la place de la méiose dans le cycle de deux Chlorophycées marines: Bryopsis plumosa (Huds.) C. Ag. et Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux (Codiales). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 21: 443-466.
Neumann, K. (1969). Protonema mit riesenkern bei der siphonalen grünalge Bryopsis hypnoides und weitere cytologische befunde. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 19: 45-57.
Rietema, H. (1971). Life-history studies in the genus Bryopsis (Chlorophyceae) IV. Life-histories in Bryopsis hypnoides Lamx. from different points along the European coasts. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 20: 291-298.
Urban, P. (1969). The fine structure of the pronuclear fusion in the coenocytic marine alga Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux. Journal of Cell Biology 42: 606-611.
Xu, M., Lü, F., Peng, G., Niu, J. & Wang, G. (2012). Subcellular localization of a lectin in Bryopsis hypnoides (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyceae) and its expression during cell organellar aggragation. Phycologia 51(3): 340-346.

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