Bryopsis pennatula J. Agardh, 1847: 6 (type locality: San Agustín, Oaxaca, Mexico).
Bryopsis pennata Lamouroux var. minor J. Agardh, 1887: 23.—P. Anand, 1940: 38, fig. 19.— Salim, 1965: 195.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan.
Note: Bryopsis pennatula was cited in the protologue of B. pennata var. minor so that the two names have the same type.