Corallina is a genus of red seaweeds with hard, abrasive calcareous skeletons in the family Corallinaceae. They are stiff, branched plant-like protists with articulations. Corallina, like all red algae, are not considered plants, despite being photosynthetic.
| Corallina | |
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| Corallina pinnatifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Corallinales |
| Family: | Corallinaceae |
| Genus: | Corallina Linnaeus, 1758 [1] |
Species
edit- Corallina aberrans (Yendo) K.R.Hind & G.W.Saunders
- Corallina abundans Me.Lemoine
- Corallina arbuscula Postels & Ruprecht
- Corallina armata J.D.Hooker & Harvey
- Corallina bathybentha E.Y.Dawson
- Corallina berteroi Montagne ex Kützing
- Corallina bifurca Kützing
- Corallina binangonensis Ishijima
- Corallina confusa Yendo
- Corallina cossmannii Me.Lemoine
- Corallina crassisima (Yendo) K.Hind & G.W.Saunders
- Corallina declinata (Yendo) K.Hind & G.W.Saunders
- Corallina ferreyrae E.Y.Dawson, Acleto & Foldvik
- Corallina goughensis Y.M.Chamberlain
- Corallina hombronii (Montagne) Montagne ex Kützing
- Corallina maxima (Yendo) K.R.Hind & G.W.Saunders
- Corallina melobesioides (Segawa) Martone, S.C.Lindstrom, K.A.Miller & P.W.Gabrielson
- Corallina microptera Montagne
- Corallina muscoides Kützing
- Corallina officinalis Linnaeus - type
- Corallina panizzoi R.Schnetter & U.Richter
- Corallina pilulifera Postels & Ruprecht
- Corallina pinnatifolia (Manza) E.Y.Dawson
- Corallina polysticha E.Y.Dawson
- Corallina rigida Kützing
- Corallina sachalinensis Klochkova
- Corallina sandwicensis Reinbold
- Corallina vancouveriensis Yendo
References
edit- ^ World Register of Marine Species
- ^ Algaebase Retrieved on 27 September 2014.