Audouinella scapae (Lyle) P.S.Dixon 1976
Publication Details
Audouinella scapae (Lyle) 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.
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 Acrochaetium scapae (Lyle) Papenfuss.
Source of Synonymy
Papenfuss, G.F. (1945). Review of the Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton complex of the red algae. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 229-334.
Basionym
Kylinia scapae Lyle
Type Information
Type locality: Scapa Flow, Orkeny Islands, scotland; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 113) Lectotype: BM; Sliude 3713 (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 113)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 June 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 January 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2025
