Corallina

Corallina
Corallina pinnatifolia
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Corallinales
Family:	Corallinaceae
Genus:	Corallina Linnaeus, 1758 [1]

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.

Species

1. Corallina aberrans (Yendo) K.R.Hind & G.W.Saunders
2. Corallina abundans Me.Lemoine
3. Corallina arbuscula Postels & Ruprecht
4. Corallina armata J.D.Hooker & Harvey
5. Corallina bathybentha E.Y.Dawson
6. Corallina berteroi Montagne ex Kützing
7. Corallina bifurca Kützing
8. Corallina binangonensis Ishijima
9. Corallina confusa Yendo
10. Corallina cossmannii Me.Lemoine
11. Corallina crassisima (Yendo) K.Hind & G.W.Saunders
12. Corallina declinata (Yendo) K.Hind & G.W.Saunders
13. Corallina ferreyrae E.Y.Dawson, Acleto & Foldvik
14. Corallina goughensis Y.M.Chamberlain
15. Corallina hombronii (Montagne) Montagne ex Kützing
16. Corallina maxima (Yendo) K.R.Hind & G.W.Saunders
17. Corallina melobesioides (Segawa) Martone, S.C.Lindstrom, K.A.Miller & P.W.Gabrielson
18. Corallina microptera Montagne
19. Corallina muscoides Kützing
20. Corallina officinalis Linnaeus - type
21. Corallina panizzoi R.Schnetter & U.Richter
22. Corallina pilulifera Postels & Ruprecht
23. Corallina pinnatifolia (Manza) E.Y.Dawson
24. Corallina polysticha E.Y.Dawson
25. Corallina rigida Kützing
26. Corallina sachalinensis Klochkova
27. Corallina sandwicensis Reinbold
28. Corallina vancouveriensis Yendo

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References

1. World Register of Marine Species
2. Algaebase Retrieved on 27 September 2014.