Corallinales in the context of "Rhodolith"

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⭐ Core Definition: Corallinales

Coralline algae are red algae in the order Corallinales, characterized by a thallus containing calcareous deposits within its cell walls, giving it hardness. The colors of these algae are typically some hue of pink, or another shade of red, but some species can be purple, yellow, blue, white, or gray-green. Typically, these algae grow in a crustose manner (encrusting rocks and other hardscape); in the intertidal zone of rocky shorelines, and within coral reefs, these algae appear as an abundance of colorful patches on rock surfaces. Unattached specimens (maerl, rhodoliths) may form relatively smooth compact balls, or forming warty to fruticose thalli.

The red algae belong to the division Rhodophyta, within which the coralline algae form the order Corallinales. There are over 1600 described species of nongeniculate coralline algae. The corallines are presently grouped into two families on the basis of their reproductive structures. Most are marine, though one species lives in freshwater; Pneophyllum cetinaensis.

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Corallinales in the context of Crustose

Crustose is a habit of some types of algae and lichens in which the organism grows tightly appressed to a substrate, forming a biological layer. Crustose adheres very closely to the substrates at all points. Crustose is found on rocks and tree bark. Some species of marine algae of the Rhodophyta, in particular members of the order Corallinales, family Corallinaceae, subfamily Melobesioideae with cell walls containing calcium carbonate grow to great depths in the intertidal zone, forming crusts on various substrates. The substrate can be rocks throughout the intertidal zone, or, as in the case of the Corallinales, reef-building corals, and other living organisms including plants, such as mangroves and animals such as shelled molluscs. The coralline red algae are major members of coral reef communities, cementing the corals together with their crusts. Among the brown algae, the order Ralfsiales comprises two families of crustose algae.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Crustose
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Red algae → Order (biology) → Autapomorphy → Thallus → Calcareous → Hardness → Algae → Hue → Crustose → Intertidal → Rocky shore → Coral reef → Maerl → Rhodolith → Rhodophyta → Described species → Geniculate (alga) → Family (biology) → Red algae → Marine life → Fresh water → Pneophyllum cetinaensis →