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Corallina officinalis is a calcareous red seaweed which grows in the lower and mid-littoral zones on rocky shores. It is primarily found growing around the rims of tide pools , but can be found in shallow crevices anywhere on the rocky shore that are regularly refreshed with sea water.
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. They are stiff, branched plant-like protists with articulations.
Coralline algae are red algae in the order Corallinales.They are characterized by a thallus that is hard because of calcareous deposits contained within the cell walls. The colors of these algae are most typically pink, or some other shade of red, but some species can be purple, yellow, blue, white, or gray-green.
The Corallinaceae are one of the two extant Coralline families of red algae; they are differentiated from the morphologically similar Sporolithaceae by their formation of grouped sporangial chambers, clustered into sori. [2]
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Tufted coralline Corallina officinalis Linnaeus (Around Australia and Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.) [1] Rosy coralline Haliptilon roseum (Lamarck) Garbary & Johansen (Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Bowen, Queensland, and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island and New Zealand.) [1]
Arthrocardia filicula (Lamarck) Johansen 1984, syn. Corallina filicula Lamarck 1815, Cheilosporum palmatum var. filicula (Lamarck) Yendo 1902, [145] (Namibia and west coast) [3] Feather coralline, Corallina officinalis Linnaeus 1758, [146] (Oudekraal to Kowie river) [3] (Oudekraal eastward to Mission Rocks) [43] [5]