Carola - Callophyllis variegata

Scientific classification

Domain:          Eukaryota

(unranked):     Archaeplastida

Division:          Rhodophyta

Subphylum:     Eurhodophytina

Class:   Florideophyceae

Order: Gigartinales

Family:            Kallymeniaceae

Genus: Callophyllis

Species:           C. variegata

Binomial name           Callophyllis variegata

(Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kützing

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.