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Corallinaceae

About: Corallinaceae is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 249 publications have been published within this topic receiving 7057 citations.


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TL;DR: The study of such convergent morphological and anatomical properties of corallines provides insight into interpreting the adaptive value of some characters or the "strategies" of some of these plants.
Abstract: Although crustose coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) are among the most abundant marine organisms to live on hard substratum within the photic zone, relatively little is known about their ecology at the species level. This is due in part to difficulties in identification; strong similarities in appearance exist among phylogenetically distant taxa. The study of such convergent morphological and anatomical properties of corallines provides insight into interpreting the adaptive value of some characters or the "strategies" (55) of some of these plants. Crustose corallines are nonarticulated calcareous red algae that commonly grow prostrate on hard substrata and as epibionts on other plants and animals. Although these algae are globally abundant (18, 109), until recently most coralline research has been taxonomic. Early ecological accounts were largely confined to distributional studies. In the 1960s and 1970s, interest in the ecology of corallines grew as problems with their taxonomy were resolved. The corallines were generally recognized to be abundant (26, 43, 44, 69, 71, 96) and geologically important (14, 18, 74). It was suggested that "once obstacles arising from taxonomic problems are generally overcome, it seems likely that the group will be included more often in ecological studies or may even become 'popular subjects' " (18). However,

545 citations

Book
24 Nov 1988
TL;DR: An overview of nongeniculate "corallinaceae" collection, preservation and examination of material taxonomic literature on nonginiculate "Corallin Families" historical analysis features diagnostic of subfamilies and genera.
Abstract: An overview of nongeniculate "corallinaceae" collection, preservation and examination of material taxonomic literature on nongeniculate "corallinaceae" historical analysis features diagnostic of subfamilies and genera the identification of Holocene subfamilies and genera accounts of Holocene subfamilies and genera Holocene genera requiring further evaluation, genera of uncertain status and excluded genera. Appendices: 1 - the terms primigenous and postigenous B - nomenclatural change C - list of herbarium abbreviations.

314 citations

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TL;DR: It is shown that an intergrading network of growth-forms with 10 focal points is present: unconsolidated, encrusting, warty, lumpy, fruticose, discoid, layered, foliose, ribbon-like and arborescent.
Abstract: Although differences in growth-form have been widely used in delimiting taxa of non-geniculate coralline red algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), there has been no consistent application of the more than 100 terms employed to describe the growth-forms present, and considerable confusion has resulted. This study of over 5000 populations of non-geniculate corallines from all parts of the world has shown that an intergrading network of growth-forms with 10 focal points is present: unconsolidated, encrusting, warty, lumpy, fruticose, discoid, layered, foliose, ribbon-like and arborescent. This focal point terminology can be used to describe any specimen or species of non-geniculate coralline in a consistent, easily interpretable manner. Details of the system are provided, the relationships of the system to past proposals are discussed, and the extent to which differences in growth-forms can be used as taxonomic characters in the non-geniculate Corallinales is reviewed.

311 citations

Book
13 Dec 2017
TL;DR: In this paper, the first step at pulling together the voluminous but scattered information on coralline algae is taken, and the purpose is to provide a coherent frame work of data and discussion.
Abstract: This book is the first step at pulling together the voluminous but scattered information on coralline algae. Much can be said about these omnipresent plants of the sea, and the purpose here is to provide a coherent frame work of data and discussion.

259 citations

Book
01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: Crustose corallines were collected from a wide range of depths (intertidal to about 300 m) throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago, and a total of 25 species in 10 genera are recognized on the basis of habit, anatomy, morphology, and ecology, including one new genus and 10 new species.
Abstract: Crustose corallines were collected from a wide range of depths (intertidal to about 300 m) throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago. A total of 25 species in 10 genera are recognized on the basis of habit, anatomy, morphology, and ecology, including one new genus and 10 new species. Generic and specific keys for the differentiation of the Hawaiian crustose corallines are also provided.The ecology of each species, in terms of depth distribution and habitat, is also given, and the potential use of these plants in determining paleoenvironments in the Hawaiian Neogene is discussed.The Caribbean and Hawaiian crustose coralline floras are briefly compared. The large number of "pair species" and the parallelism in subfamily, generic, and "pair species" ecology indicate that coralline evolution is very slow. The crustose corallines are potentially excellent paleoecological indicators for the Tertiary.

213 citations

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