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Family Bryopsidaceae

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Bryopsis pennata

var. disticha, Cromwells, Black Point, Oahu, 4 feet

var. pennata, Midway Lagoon

 

var. pennata, Kaupo Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

BRYOPSIS

Common on shallow reefs with freshwater input.  Branchlets arranged in V-pattern in var. disticha, opposite in var. pennata.  Dark green with bluish iridescence.  Formerly known as Bryopsis pennata v.secunda.  Preyed upon by Elysia slugs.  Warm seas worldwide.