Avrainvillea elliottii A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp 1911

Publication Details
Avrainvillea elliottii A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp 1911: 35, 138, pl. XI [11]: fig. 99; pl. XII [12]: figs 99a, 100

Published in: Gepp, A. & Gepp, E.S. (1911). The Codiaceae of the Siboga Expedition including a monograph of Flabellarieae and Udoteae Siboga-Expeditie Monographie LXII. pp. 1-150, 22 pls. Leiden: E.J. Brill.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Avrainvillea is Avrainvillea nigricans Decaisne.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Morne Rouge Bay, Grenadines, Lesser Antilles, West Indies.; (Gepp & Gepp 1911: 35) Type: W.R. Elliott; v-vi.1887; BM; spirit coll. no. 218 (INA 1996) Notes: West Indies: Windward Islands; Grenad Island (INA).

Eponomy
Named for W.R. Elliot, British phycologist who collected marine algae in Grenada.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 August 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024

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