Corallinaceae Explained

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.^[1] The Corallinoideae is monophyletic; the other subfamilies form another monophyletic group.^[2]

Genera

The following genera are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:

• • • Subfamily Amphiroideae Genus Amphiroa J.V. Lamouroux, 1812
  • Genus Lithothrix J.E. Gray, 1867
• Subfamily Corallinoideae
  • Genus Alatocladia (Yendo) Johansen, 1969
  • Genus Arthrocardia Decaisne, 1842
  • Genus Bossiella P.C. Silva, 1957
  • Genus Calliarthron Manza, 1937
  • Genus Cheilosporum (Decaisne) Zanardini, 1844
  • Genus Chiharaea Johansen, 1966
  • Genus Corallina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Genus Ellisolandia ^[3]
  • Genus Haliptilon (Decaisne) Lindley, 1846
  • Genus Jania J.V. Lamouroux, 1812
  • Genus Marginisporum (Yendo) Ganesan, 1968
  • Genus Pachyarthron Manza, 1937
  • Genus Rhizolamiella Shevejko, 1982
  • Genus Serraticardia (Yendo) P.C. Silva, 1957
  • Genus Yamadaia Segawa, 1955
• Subfamily Lithophylloideae
  • Genus Crodelia Heydrich, 1911
  • Genus Ezo Adey, Masaki & Akioka, 1974
  • Genus Lithophyllum Philippi, 1837
  • Genus Paulsilvella Woelkerling, Sartoni & Boddi, 2002
  • Genus Titanoderma Nägeli in Nägeli & Cramer, 1858
    • Subfamily Mastophoroideae Genus Hydrolithon Foslie, 1909
  • Genus Lesueuria Woelkerling & Ducker, 1987
  • Genus Mastophora Decaisne, 1842
  • Genus Metamastophora Setchell, 1943
  • Genus Neogoniolithon Setchell & Mason, 1943
  • Genus Paraspora Heydrich, 1900
  • Genus Pneophyllum Kützing, 1843
  • Genus Spongites Kützing, 1841
• Subfamily Metagoniolithoideae
  • Genus Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse, 1904
• Unassigned
  • Genus Archaeolithothamnion Foslie, 1898
  • Genus Archaeolithothamnium Rothpletz, 1891
  • Genus Dermatolithon Foslie, 1898
  • Genus Fosliella M.A. Howe, 1920
  • Genus Heteroderma Foslie, 1909
  • Genus Litholepis
  • Genus Lithoporella (Foslie) Foslie, 1909
  • Genus Masakia Kloszcova, 1987
  • Genus Masakiella Guiry & Selivanova, 2007
  • Genus Multisiphonia R. C. Tsao & Y. Z. Liang, 1974
  • Genus Paracolonnella Y.Z. Liang & R.C. Tsao, 1974
  • Genus Paraconophyton Y.Z. Liang & R.C. Tsao, 1974
  • Genus Porolithon Foslie, 1909
  • Genus Pseudogymnosolen Y.Z. Liang & R.C. Tsao, 1974
  • Genus Pseudolithophyllum Marie Lemoine, 1913

Notes and References

1. Book: Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants . 978-0-12-373972-8 . Taylor, Thomas N . Taylor, Edith L . Krings, Michael . 2009.
2. Aguirre . J.. Perfectti . F.. Braga . J. C.. Integrating phylogeny, molecular clocks, and the fossil record in the evolution of coralline algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta). Paleobiology. 36. 4. 519. 2010. 10.1666/09041.1.
3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ellisolandia K.R.Hind & G.W.Saunders, 2013 . www.marinespecies.org . 31 October 2022.