Corallina officinalis var. chilensis; Small Coral

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Corallina officinalis var. chilensis; Small Coral

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Corallina officinalis var. chilensis
Small Coral

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 2195 (2005-05-27)

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date of photo Mar 1978

latitude 33.77013 longitude -119.70350 max error distance 75623 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

georeferencing remarks Locality description does not specify which island or protected area.

location Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Santa Barbara County, California, US)

family Corallinaceae

order Cryptonemiales

class Florideophyceae

plant community Low intertidal/subtidal

notes This was a medicinal coral/alga of the ancients who used it as a vermifuge.

camera Nikonos

photo category: Plant - algae

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT

common names Small Coral (photographer)

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