Collection: Timeless Algae

Red algae (Rhodophyta) are among the oldest complex photosynthetic lineages still alive today — with fossil evidence over 1 billion years old. Long before forests, long before coral reefs as we know them, long before vertebrates, red algae are one of the species that were already inhabiting the oceans. Red algae survived snowball Earth glaciations, ocean chemistry shifts, mass extinction events, major evolutionary turnovers. Some species deposit calcium carbonate, reinforcing reef frameworks. Others persist in low-light environments.

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