Audouinella membranacea (Magnus) Papenfuss 1945
Publication Details
Audouinella membranacea (Magnus) Papenfuss 1945: 326
Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1945). Review of the Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton complex of the red algae. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 229-334.
Request PDFType 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 Rubrointrusa membranacea (Magnus) S.L.Clayden & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Clayden, S.L. & Saunders, G.W. (2010). Recognition of Rubrointrusa membranacea gen. et comb. nov.,
Rhodonematella subimmersa gen. et comb. nov. (with a reinterpretation of the life history) and the Meiodiscaceae
fam. nov. within the Palmariales (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 49(3): 283-300.
Basionym
Callithamnion membranaceum Magnus
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Off Korsör, Denmark; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 101) Lectotype: original illustration (Magnus, 1875, pl. 2, fig. 8), in the absence of material: (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 101) Notes: Denmark: Korsor near Haddockbank, North Sea (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), membranous (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2017
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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 112) lists this species as a currently accepted name. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Endozoic in Sertularia, in the sublittoral, to 30 m; also some reports of its occurrence in sponges (Dixon & Irvine 1977). - (26 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025
