Callophyllis variegata
Callophyllis variegata, commonly known as carola, is a type of edible seaweed, a member of the genus Callophyllis. Callophyllis variegata occurs in Concepción de Chile and other parts of South America such as Peru, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego. But also in New Guinea, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, St. Paul Island (Indian Ocean), Antarctic and subantarctic islands such as the Graham Land, Kerguelen, Macquarie Island, South Georgia, and the South Orkney Islands.
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Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Kallymeniaceae |
| Genus: | Callophyllis |
| Species: | C. variegata |
| Binomial name | |
| Callophyllis variegata (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kützing | |
References
External links
- Botanical description (Spanish)
- Callophyllis on Algaebase.org
- Callophyllis variegata on Algaebase.org
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