Corallina

Corallina
Corallina pinnatifolia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Genus: Corallina
Linnaeus, 1758

Corallina is a genus of red seaweeds with hard, abrasive calcareous skeletons in the family Corallinaceae. They are stiff, branched frond-like protists with articulated stipes. Corallina, like all red algae, are not considered plants under some definitions, but can be considered as belonging to plants in a broad sense.