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Nongeniculate coralline
California Nongeniculate Coralline Species
California is rich in nongeniculate corallines. We have 28 species of corallines from 13 genera found in our waters. Below is a taxonomic list of locally found corallines:
Lithothamnion aculeiferum
L. australe
L. califonicum
L. crassiusculum
L. giganteum
L. microsporum
L. montereyicum
L. pacificum
L. phymatodeum
L. volcanum
Melobesia marginata
M. mediocris
Mesophyllum conchatum
M. lamellatum
Clathromorphum parcum
Neopolyporolithon reclinatum
Lithophyllum grumosum
L. imitans
L. lichenare
L. proboscideum
Tenarea ascripticia
T. dispar
Pseudolithophyllum neofarlowii
Choreonema thuretii
Fosliella paschalis
Heteroderma nicholsii
Hydrolithon decipiens
Neogoniolithon setchelli
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