Corallina rugosa J.Ellis & Solander 1786

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Subfamily Corallinoideae
Tribe Corallineae
Genus Corallina

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Okha, Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat state, India. 11 Jul 2019. Haresh Kalasariya (hareshahir22@gmail.com). © Haresh Kalasariya.

Funchal, Madeira. 17 Jan 2019. Pedro Neves. © Pedro Neves (nevesdiver@gmail.com).

en su hábitat natural, en la zona Habana-Matanzas, sobre sustrato rocoso. Foto: Ángel Fernández.

Hawaii; sporophyte; scale is 5 mm. 01 Jul 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.

Hawaii; sporophyte, whorls of surface filaments; scale 1 mm. 12 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.

Hawaii; gametophyte; scale is 5 mm. 12 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.

Hawaii; close up of gametophyte with smooth surface; scale 1 mm. 12 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.

Scott Reef, Western Australia. 25 May 2011. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).

Lord Howe Island, Australia. 21 Nov 2010. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Panama. Tetrasporophyte — Habit showing irregular dichotomous branching.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).

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Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux Panama. Tetrasporophyte — Habit showing irregular dichotomous branching.
© Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication details
Corallina rugosa J.Ellis & Solander 1786: 115, pl. 22: fig. 3

Published in: Ellis, J. & Solander, D. (1786). The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis...Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander, M.D., F.R.S. &c.. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-208, 63 pls. London: Printed for Benjamin White and Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street and Peter Elmsly, in the Strand.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux

Type information
Type locality: Jamaica (Ellis & Solander 1786: 115). Notes: South & Skelton (2003: 720) mistakenly cite the Bahamas as the type locality

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), wrinkled.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Source of current name
Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson.

Key references
Wang, W.-L., Liu, S.-L. & Lin, S.-M. (2005). Systematics of the calcified genera of the Galaxauraceae (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) with an emphasis on Taiwan species. Journal of Phycology 41: 685-703.

Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 31 May 2018 by Craig Schneider

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 April 2021.