Champia

Champia is a genus of red algae in the family Champiaceae, first described in 1809 by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux^[1][2]

Champia
Champia novae-zelandiae (AM AK342681)
Champia feldmannii (L.4051930)
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Rhodymeniales
Family:	Champiaceae
Genus:	Champia Desvaux, 1809
Type species
Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux
Species
See text

The genus name of Champia is in honour of the French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765–1842).^[3]

Species

There are a number of accepted species:^[1]

• Champia affinis (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey
• Champia bibendum Huisman
• Champia bifida Okamura
• Champia caespitosa E.Y.Dawson
• Champia chathamensis V.J.Chapman & Dromgoole
• Champia compressa Harvey
• Champia disticha E.Y.Dawson
• Champia echigoensis Noda
• Champia expansa Yendo
• Champia farlowii M.K.Griffith, C.W.Schneider & C.E.Lane
• Champia feldmannii Díaz-Piferrer
• Champia gigantea M.J.Wynne
• Champia globulifera Børgesen
• Champia harveyana D.L.Ballantine & C.Lozada-Troche
• Champia hasselbringii C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders
• Champia indica Børgesen
• Champia inkyui Y.H.Koh, G.Y.Cho & M.S.Kim
• Champia insignis A.H.S.Lucas
• Champia insularis C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders
• Champia irregularis (Zanardini) Piccone
• Champia japonica Okamura
• Champia kotschyana Endlicher & Diesing
• Champia laingii Lindauer]]
• Champia lubrica Mas.Suzuki & Yoshizaki
• Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux - type
• Champia minuscula A.B.Joly & Ugadim
• Champia novae-zelandiae (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey
• Champia parvula (C.Agardh) Harvey
• Champia patula Huisman & G.W.Saunders
• Champia plumosa P.Anand
• Champia pseudoparvula Huisman & G.W.Saunders
• Champia puertoricensis Lozada-Troche & D.L.Ballantine
• Champia recta Noda
• Champia salicornioides Harvey
• Champia somalensis Hauck
• Champia spathulata Weber Bosse
• Champia stipitata Huisman
• Champia subcompressa Huisman
• Champia taironensis Bula-Meyer
• Champia tripinnata Zanardini
• Champia vieillardii Kützing
• Champia viridis C.Agardh
• Champia womersleyi A.J.K.Millar
• Champia zonata (J.Agardh) J.Agardh
• Champia zostericola (Harvey) Reedman & Womersley