Audouinella caespitosa (J.Agardh) P.S.Dixon 1976

Colaconema caespitosum (J.Agardh) Jackelman, Stegenga & J.J.Bolton

Current name: Colaconema caespitosum (J.Agardh) Jackelman, Stegenga & J.J.Bolton
Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Ireland; lower intertidal of exposed rocks on a limpet - 04 August 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Audouinella caespitosa (J.Agardh) P.S.Dixon 1976: 590

Published in: Parke, M. & Dixon, P.S. (1976). Check-list of British marine algae - third revision. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 527-594.

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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 caespitosum (J.Agardh) Jackelman, Stegenga & J.J.Bolton.

Basionym
Callithamnion caespitosum J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Brest; (Athanasiadis 1996: 26) Lectotype: LD; Agardh No. 18011 (Womersley 1994: 56)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), growing in patches or tufts, caespitose (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Found on a wide variety of hosts (Womersley 1994: 56).

Created: 30 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 February 2017

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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 29 March 2024

 
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