Neopyropia

Neopyropia is a disputed^[2] genus of foliose red algae of the family Bangiaceae described in 2020.^[1]

Neopyropia
Neopyropia yezoensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Bangiophyceae
Order:	Bangiales
Family:	Bangiaceae
Genus:	Neopyropia J.Brodie & L.-E.Yang, 2020[1]
Species
see text

Species

As of 2024, the genus contains 12 confirmed species and 11 unconfirmed species.^[1][3]

Confirmed

• Neopyropia drachii (Feldmann) J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia ishigecola (A.Miura) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia kinositae (Y.Yamada & Tak.Tanaka) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia koreana (M.S.Hwang & I.K.Lee) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia leucosticta (Thuret) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia parva (A.Vergés & N.Sánchez) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia pulchella (Ackland, J.A.West, J. L.Scott & Zuccarello) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia rakiura (W.A.Nelson) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia retorta (S.M.Kim, H.G.Choi & H.S.Kim) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia spatulata (T.Bray, Neefus & A.C.Mathieson) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia submarina (Y.H.Koh & M.S.Kim) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020
• Neopyropia tenuipedalis (A.Miura) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020

Unconfirmed

These species are noted in recent scientific journals but not WoRMS. Four species listed below have not been formally described as of 2022.

• Neopyropia sp. DRB
• Neopyropia elongata
• Neopyropia fucicola
• Neopyropia katadae
• Neopyropia kuniedae
• Neopyropia lacerata
• Neopyropia sp. LYCN190
• Neopyropia moriensis
• Neopyropia novae-angliae
• Neopyropia sp. P10
• Neopyropia sp. STI
• Neopyropia tenera
• Neopyropia yezoensis (Ueda) L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020^[a]

Notes

1. The most recent consensus is that Neopyropia yezoensis belongs in Neopyropia (L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie, 2020), however WoRMS documents both this species and Pyropia yezoensis, its previous classification, separately.