Coralline algae (Rhodophyta) in a changing world: integrating ecological, physiological, and geochemical responses to global change

SJ McCoy, NA Kamenos - Journal of phycology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Coralline algae are globally distributed benthic primary producers that secrete calcium
carbonate skeletons. In the context of ocean acidification, they have received much recent …

The Weng'an biota and the Ediacaran radiation of multicellular eukaryotes

S Xiao, AD Muscente, L Chen, C Zhou… - National Science …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The rise of multicellularity represents a major evolutionary transition and it occurred
independently in multiple eukaryote clades. Although simple multicellular organisms may …

Multi‐gene phylogenetic analyses of New Zealand coralline algae: Corallinapetra Novaezelandiae gen. et sp. nov. and recognition of the Hapalidiales ord. nov.

WA Nelson, JE Sutherland, TJ Farr, DR Hart… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Coralline red algae from the New Zealand region were investigated in a study focused on
documenting regional diversity. We present a multi‐gene analysis using sequence data …

Phylogenetic relationships of corallinaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): taxonomic implications for reef‐building corallines

A Rösler, F Perfectti, V Peña, JC Braga - Journal of Phycology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A new, more complete, five‐marker (SSU, LSU, psbA, COI, 23S) molecular phylogeny of the
family Corallinaceae, order Corallinales, shows a paraphyletic grouping of seven well …

Bottom trawling threatens future climate refugia of rhodoliths globally

E Fragkopoulou, EA Serrão, PA Horta… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate driven range shifts are driving the redistribution of marine species and threatening
the functioning and stability of marine ecosystems. For species that are the structural basis of …

Radiation of the coralline red algae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) crown group as inferred from a multilocus time-calibrated phylogeny

V Pena, C Vieira, JC Braga, J Aguirre, A Rösler… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The subclass Corallinophycidae is the only group of red algae characterized by the
presence of calcite crystals in their cell walls. Except for the Rhodogorgonales, the …

Coralline algae in a changing Mediterranean Sea: how can we predict their future, if we do not know their present?

F Rindi, JC Braga, S Martin, V Peña… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this review we assess the state of knowledge for the coralline algae of the Mediterranean
Sea, a group of calcareous seaweeds imperfectly known and considered highly vulnerable …

Mediterranean Lithophyllum stictiforme (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) is a genetically diverse species complex: implications for species circumscription, biogeography …

L Pezzolesi, V Peña, L Le Gall… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lithophyllum species in the Mediterranean Sea function as algal bioconstructors,
contributing to the formation of biogenic habitats such as coralligenous concretions. In such …

A multilocus species delimitation reveals a striking number of species of coralline algae forming maerl in the OSPAR maritime area

C Pardo, L Lopez, V Pena, J Hernandez-Kantun… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Maerl beds are sensitive biogenic habitats built by an accumulation of loose-lying, non-
geniculate coralline algae. While these habitats are considered hot-spots of marine …

Community assessment of crustose calcifying red algae as coral recruitment substrates

M Deinhart, MS Mills, T Schils - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Successful recruitment of invertebrate larvae to reef substrates is essential to the health of
tropical coral reef ecosystems and to their capacity to recover from disturbances. Crustose …