Audouinella unifila (C.-C.Jao) Woelkerling 1973

Publication Details
Audouinella unifila (C.-C.Jao) Woelkerling 1973: 563, figs 44, 45

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 Acrochaetium unifilum C.-C.Jao.

Source of Synonymy
Jao, C.-C. (1936). New Rhodophyceae from Woods Hole. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 63: 237-257, pls 10-13.

Basionym
Acrochaetium unifilum C.-C.Jao

Type Information
Type locality: Norton Point, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts; (Jao 1936: 240) Holotype: 3 August 1934; Epiphytic on Arthrocladia villosa Duby; MICH; (Jao 1936: 240) Notes: Type in C,-C. Jao collections and Herb. Univ Mich., Woods Hole No. 274.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), one-filamented.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
A common, minute, epiphyte on Audouinella daviesii, which is common on Amphibolis, but is also known on A. caespitosa and Dasya extensa (Womersley 1994: 59).

Created: 29 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 February 2017

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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 189) lists this species as a currently accepted name. - (11 May 2006) - 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