Audouinella violacea var. expansa * (Wikimedia)1Audouinella ** (Wikimedia)2
Audouinella Sp. Red Algae *** (Science Photo Library)3
* "Chantransia macrospora H.C.Wood 1873 (now Audouinella violacea var. expansa (H.C.Wood) G.M.Smith. However, Audouinella violacea (Kützing)
Hamel 1925 is a synonym of the type species Audouinella hermannii (Roth) Duby.). Ref.: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=60673 and
https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=51251"
** ""Light microscopy of Audouinella showing the branching pattern of the fresh water red alga covered in gametangia. Scale bar = 0.2mm."
*** "Bright field light micrograph of Audouinella, a kind of red algae. Magnification: x93 when printed at 10 cm wide."
Local Species
Audouinella amphiroae - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella arcuata - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella bonnemaisoniae - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella coccinea - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella concrescens - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella daviesii - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella densa - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella desmarestiae - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella endophytica - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella erythrophylla - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella hirsuta - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella macounii - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella membranacea - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella microscopica - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella plumosa - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella porphyrae - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella purpurea - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella rhizoidea - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella simplex - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella spetsbergensis - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella subimmersa - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella thuretii - no common name [E-flora]
Audouinella vaga - no common name [E-flora]
Biochemicals
"Very high levels of EPA
with 60 % of total fatty acids have also been detected in the red alga Audouinella purpurea collected in the Antarctic region [281]." [Robertson, Ruairi, et al.]
Journals of innterest
Lincoln RA, Strupinski K, Walker JM. Enzyme inhibitors from algae. Biochemical Society Transactions. 1991 Nov;19(4):429S. DOI: 10.1042/bst019429s. PMID: 1665441.
References
Robertson, Ruairi, et al. "Algae-derived polyunsaturated fatty acids: implications for human health." Polyunsaturated fatty acids: sources, antioxidant properties and health benefits 2013 (2013): 45-99.
Image References
(Wikimedia)1 - Audouinella violacea var. expansa, Horatio C. Wood (1841-1920)., No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons. "Original from A contribution to the history of the fresh-water algœ of North America. Smithsonian institution, 1872. Book Viewer. This extract has been digitally reworked (contrast enhanced, background removed, contours reinforced)."
(Wikimedia)2 - Jon Houseman, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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