Audouinella godwardensis (R. J. Patel) Garbary

Ganesan, E. K., West, John A. & Jr, Orlando Necchi, 2018, A catalogue and bibliography of non-marine (freshwater and estuarine) Rhodophyta (red algae) of India, Phytotaxa 364 (1), pp. 1-48 : 11-12

Audouinella godwardensis (R. J. Patel) Garbary

Garbary 1987, p. 78.

Taxonomic synonyms: Acrochaetium godwardense Patel 1970, pp. 31–33 , Pls.1, 2, figs 1–12; Singh, N. B. & Pandey

1998, p. 203, figs 1–6; Kumano 2002, p. 58, Pl. 29, figs 1–12; Audouinella godwardensis (Patel) Sheath 1984, p. 90 . (nom. invalid., no citation of basionym); Desikachary et al. 1990, Part II A, pp. 78,79, fig. 12, D–I; Hegde & Somanna 1992, p. 53, figs 4a–4d; Pseudochantransia godwardensis (Patel) Ott. 2009 . p. 377; Guiry & Guiry 2017.

Distribution in India: Gujarat (Balaram River, near Palanpur on river bank and Koteshwar near Ambaji on roots of the palm Phoenix and mixed with other algae in running water, Feb.–early Mar.); Karnataka (Sogal, Dharwad in a stream on submerged rocks); Uttar Pradesh (Khannaut River, Piliphit Dt., Nov.– Feb.).

Notes: Following Garbary (1987) and Guiry & Guiry (2017), the spelling is A. godwardensis and not A. godwardense as originally spelled by the author. A notable structural feature of this species is the presence of a single multilobed chromatophore in each cell with one or two pyrenoids, while in A. eugenea cells have more than one chromatophore with or without pyrenoids ( Skinner & Entwisle 2001, p. 716, figs b, c). Singh (1988) observed the formation of rhizoids in the specimens from India. Islam (1992) made a second provisional identification of this species from Bangladesh.