Bryopsis plumosa
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| Bryopsis plumosa | |
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| Bryopsis plumosa (the green organism in the centre) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Bryopsidales |
| Family: | Bryopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Bryopsis |
| Species: | B. plumosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1823[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bryopsis arbuscula | |
Bryopsis plumosa, sometimes known by the common names green algae or hen pen, is a type of green seaweed.
This species was originally described by William Hudson under the name Ulva plumosa.[2]
Distribution
Bryopsis plumosa is found in the British Isles, Europe, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, Azores, Portugal, Spain, France, Norway, Faroes and Iceland, on the Atlantic coast of North America, west coast of Greenland, Jamaica, Canary Islands, Senegal, Ghana, Mauritania, South Africa, British Columbia to California, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.[3][4]
