Audouinella indica (Raikwar) Garbary Garbary, 1987, p. 92. Taxonomic synonyms: Acrochaetium indica Raikwar 1962, p.102, figs 1–18; Singh et al. 1983, p. 203, 37 figs in 6 Pls; Tiwari & Pandey 1983, p. 204. Pl. 1, figs 1–7, Pl. 2, figs 8–13, Pl.3, figs 14–19, Pl. 4, figs 20–24, Pl.5, figs 25–30, pl. 6, figs 31–37; Desikachary et al. 1990, Part II A, p. 76, fig. 12 J–O; Kumano 2002, p. 59, Pl. 30, figs 1–10; Pseudochantransia indica (Raikwar) Ott 2009, p. 378. Distribution in India: Madhya Pradesh (Bichhia River at Rewa, dark bluish black to dirty coloured, appearing in Sep. and peaking in Nov.–Dec); Uttar Pradesh (Anarkali Tal, Bahraich district, on dead aquatic plants. Oct.). Notes: This freshwater “ Acrochaetium ” species from India had been studied in detail over a number of years. Singh et al. (1983) observed for the first time what they called “gemmules”, as perennating bodies in the off-season warmer months. Based on observations for three years, Singh et al. (1983) were of the opinion that A. sarmaii and A. godwardensis were conspecific with A. indica, since there were no significant differences in vegetative morphology, anatomy or monsoporangial shape and size.

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-48 in Phytotaxa 364 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.364.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13703374