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Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1823 
AphiaID: 144457

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Bryopsidales (Order) > Bryopsidaceae (Family) > Bryopsis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Bryopsis J.V.Lamouroux, 1809
Synonymised
taxa
  Bryopsis abietina Kützing, 1845 (synonym)
Bryopsis arbuscula (A.P.de Candolle) J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 (synonym)
Bryopsis hypnoides var. arbuscula (De Candolle) Schiffner, 1935
Bryopsis plumosa var. condensata Kjellman, 1897 (synonym)
Bryopsis plumosa var. nuda Homes (synonym)
Conferva tenax Roth, 1806 (synonym)
Fucus arbuscula A.P.de Candolle, 1805 (synonym)
Ulva plumosa Hudson, 1778 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Agardh, C.A. (1823). Species algarum. Lund, Sweden [details]

basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]

additional source: South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish grønfjer  [details]
Dutch vederwier  [details]
English hen pen  [details]
French bryopsis  [details]
German grüner Federtang  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål grønnfjær  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk grønfjør  [details]
Swedish grönplym  [details]
All child
taxa

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 Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. arbuscula J.Agardh, 1842
Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. densa Harvey, 1858

Forma Bryopsis plumosa f. lyngbyei (Hornemann) J.Agardh, 1887 accepted as Bryopsis lyngbyei Hornemann, 1818
Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. adriatica (J.Agardh) Hauck accepted as Bryopsis cupressina var. adriatica (J.Agardh) M.J.Wynne, 2005
Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. condensata Kjellman, 1897 accepted as Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1823
Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. nuda Homes accepted as Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1823
Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. pennata (Lamouroux) Børgesen, 1911 accepted as Bryopsis pennata J.V.Lamouroux, 1809
Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. ramulosa (Montagne) Harvey, 1858 accepted as Bryopsis ramulosa Montagne, 1842
Variety Bryopsis plumosa var. secunda Harvey, 1858 accepted as Bryopsis pennata var. secunda (Harvey) Collins & Hervey, 1917
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Grevelingen [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Kenya [details]
Marsdiep [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Pointe aux Oies (point) [details]
Pointe du Nid de Corbet [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spuikom [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Terschelling [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeland [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (385 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Morphology: Green colour from Chlorophyll a and b. [details]

Reproduction: general for group: asexual reproduction may be by fission (splitting), fragmentation or by zoospores (motile spores). Sexual reproduction may be isogamous (gametes both motile and same size); anisogamous (both motile and different sizes-female bigger) or oogamous (female non-motile and egglike; male motile) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144457
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1823. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144457 on 2013-06-20
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