Red Algal Genus Audouinella Bory (Nemaliales: Acrochaetiaceae) from North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, Number 22

摘要

A monographic study of Audouinella in the Atlantic waters of North Carolina reports 15 taxa from coastal and continental shelf habitats. Three of these, A. affinis, A. hoytii, and A. ophioglossa, herein described as a new species, are endemic. Audouinella bispora and A. daviesii are reported from the Carolina flora for the first time. The taxonomy from several historical reports is elucidated, and taxonomic confusions in this complex are clarified.