Corallina berteroi Tufted Coral Weed

Corallina berteroi is commonly referred to as Tufted Coral Weed. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17617 

AphiaID:

-999 

Scientific:

Corallina berteroi 

German:

Ferreyras Korallenmoos 

English:

Tufted Coral Weed 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Corallinales (Order) > Corallinaceae (Family) > Corallina (Genus) > berteroi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Montagne ex Kützing, 1849 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Australia, Azores, California, Chile, Corea, cosmopolitan species, Cuba, European Coasts, France, Galapagos Islands, Greece, Gulf of California, India, Italy, Japan, Mauritania, Mexico (East Pacific), New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Queensland (Australia), South America, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Falkland Islands, Turkey, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal reefs, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

0.79" - 2.36" (2,0cm - 6,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Corallina berteroi
  Ferreyras Korallenmoos
• 
  Corallina officinalis
  Gemeines Korallenmoos
• 
  Corallina pinnatifolia
  Korallenmoos

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-21 13:01:38 

Last edit:

2025-07-21 13:25:16 

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