Bryopsis foliosa Sonder, 1845: 49 (type locality: Western Australia [probably near Fremantle fide Womersley, 1984: 280]).—Sonder, 1846 [1846–1848]: 152.— Kützing, 1849: 491.— Harvey, 1863: lviii.— Sonder, 1880: 38.— J. Agardh, 1887: 26.— De Toni, 1889: 432–433.— Lucas, 1912: 168.— Womersley, 1956: 363.— Womersley, 1984: 278, 280, figs. 94E, 95A,B.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 360.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Bryopsis gracilis Sonder, 1845: 49 (type locality: Western Australia fide Womersley, 1956: 363).—Sonder, 1846 [1846–1848]: 152.— Kützing, 1849: 492.— Harvey, 1863: lviii.— Sonder, 1880: 38.— De Toni, 1889: 438.
Misapplied name (fide Womersley, 1984: 286):
Bryopsis gemellipara.—Womersley, 1956: 363 (Rottnest Island record).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Womersley (1956: 363).