Corallinophycidae Explained

The Corallinophycidae is a grouping of several calcifying red algal lineages recovered by molecular analysis.^[1]

Orders

According to AlgaeBase, it contains;^[2]

• Order Corallinales (826 species)
• Order Corallinapetrales (2)
• Order Corallinophycidae ord. incertae sedis (6)
• Order Rhodogorgonales (18)
• Order Sporolithales (61)

Notes and References

1. 19490946 . Le Gall . L. . Payri . C. . Bittner . L. . Saunders . G. . Multigene phylogenetic analyses support recognition of the Sporolithales ord. Nov . Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution . 54 . 1 . 302–305 . 2010 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.026 .
2. Web site: Taxonomy Browser :: AlgaeBase . www.algaebase.org . 12 December 2022.