Bryopsis pennata J.V.Lamouroux 1809
Current name:
Bryopsis pennata J.V.Lamouroux
Hawaii; upper branches; scale 300 µm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Bryopsis pennata J.V.Lamouroux 1809: 333
Published in: 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.
Request PDFPublication date: May 2009
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Bryopsis.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Hab. in Antillis [Antilles, West Indies]; (Lamouroux 1809: 333)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pinnate (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 March 2023
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Taxonomic note
Opinions vary on the status of this entity. According to Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi (2014: 211): "Børgesen (1911: 147) reduced B. pennata to a variety of B. plumosa, as B. plumosa var. pennata (J.V. Lamouroux) Børgesen, thinking that its characteristics depended on warm temperature of tropical waters. Ballesteros (1990, note no. 82) considers it as conspecific with B. plumosa. - (10 July 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 July 2025
