Audouinella saviana (Meneghini) Woelkerling 1973

Publication Details
Audouinella saviana (Meneghini) Woelkerling 1973: 560, figs 56-60

Published in: Woelkerling, W.J. (1973). The morphology and systematics of the Audouinella complex (Acrochaetiaceae, Rhodophyta) in northeastern United States. Rhodora 75: 529-621, 83 figs.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Audouinella is Audouinella miniata Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Colaconema savianum (Meneghini) R.Nielsen.

Source of Synonymy
Nielsen, R. (1994). New combinations within the genus Colaconema (Acrochaetiaceae, Bangiophyceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 14: 715.

Basionym
Callithamnion savianum Meneghini

Type Information
Type locality: In portu Genuae [Genoa, Italy]; (Athanasiadis 1996: 23) Type: on Zostera ; FL; Notes: According to Womersley (1994: 47) the holotype was collected at Cherbourg, France and is located in PC.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Largely to entirely epiphytic; on a variety of algae and seagrasses (Womersley 1994: 47).

Created: 23 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 February 2017

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Habitat note
Epiphytic usually on Codium but also known on Dictyopteris and other coarse algae from shallow subtidal and deep offshore habitats to 30 m (Schneider, 1983). - (20 May 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025

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