Corallinoideae

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Corallinoideae
Calliarthron yessoense - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07642.JPG
Calliarthron yessoense , regarded as a synonym of Alatocladia yessoensis
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Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Subfamily: Corallinoideae
(Aresch.) Foslie
Genera [1]

[2] [3]

The Corallinoideae are a subfamily of coralline algae. The majority of genera are geniculate, [1] but some have secondarily re-evolved into non-geniculate (crustose) forms. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Aguirre, J.; Perfectti, F.; Braga, J. C. (2010). "Integrating phylogeny, molecular clocks, and the fossil record in the evolution of coralline algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta)". Paleobiology. 36 (4): 519. doi:10.1666/09041.1.
  2. 1 2 Hind, K.; Gabrielson, P. W.; Jensen, C. P.; Martone, P. T. (2016). "Crusticorallina gen. nov., a nongeniculate genus in the subfamily Corallinoideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)". Journal of Phycology. 52 (6): 929–941. doi:10.1111/jpy.12449.
  3. 1 2 Hind, K.; Gabrielson, P. W.; Jensen, C. P.; Martone, P. T. (2018). "Evolutionary reversals in Bossiella (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): first report of a coralline genus with both geniculate and nongeniculate species". Journal of Phycology. 54 (6): 788–798. doi:10.1111/jpy.12788.