Conferva scoparia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1165. 1753.

"Habitat in mari Europaeo." RCN: 8383.

Lectotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] " Conferva marina pennata " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 24, t. 4, f. 23. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) .

Current name: Stypocaulon scoparia (L.) Kuetz . ( Stypocaulaceae).