Avrainvillea amadelpha (Montagne) A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp 1908

Publication Details
Avrainvillea amadelpha (Montagne) A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp 1908: 178-179, pl. 23: fig. 20; pl. 24: figs 21, 22

Published in: Gepp, A. & Gepp, E.S. (1908). Marine algae (Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae) and marine phanerogams of the "Sealark" Expedition, collected by J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Botany 7: 163-188, Plates 22-24.

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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.

Basionym
Udotea amadelpha Montagne

Type Information
Type locality: Agalega Islands, NE of Madagascar; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 69) Type: Le Duc; PC; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 69) Notes: (see Olsen-Stojkovich 1985: 36).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 August 2023

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Taxonomic note
Synonym of Avrainvillea lacerata var. robustior fide Oslen-Stojkovich, 1985 (Lagourgue et al., 2023: [19] but see key). - (29 August 2023) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
In a Chondrophycus papillosus community at depths of about 20-40 cm during low water on a rock flat overlain with calcareous sand and sloping gently seaward; associated with Valonia aegagropila and Halimeda opuntia as well as C. papillosus and often covered with epiphytes, mostly Cladophora, Enteromorpha and Polysiphonia (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (23 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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