Jania (genus)

Jania
Jania rubens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Rhodophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Subfamily: Corallinoideae
Genus: Jania
J.V. Lamouroux, 1812 [1]
Species
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Jania is a genus of red seaweeds with hard, calcareous, branching skeletons in the family Corallinaceae. Members of the genus are found in sheltered reef habitats, often in crevices or other shaded areas.[2]

Description

Members of the genus are dichotomously branched and grow in wide, tangled clumps. The branches are composed of stiff, cylindrical segments and can bend at the joints. The colour is generally red or pink and the joints are white.[2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species list the following: [1]

  • Jania acutiloba (Decaisne) J.H. Kim
  • Jania adhaerens J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
  • Jania affinis Harvey, 1855
  • Jania arborescens (Yendo) Yendo, 1905
  • Jania articulata N'Yuert & Payri, 2009
  • Jania capillacea Harvey, 1853
  • Jania crassa J.V.Lamouroux, 1821
  • Jania cristata (Linnaeus) Endlicher, 1843
  • Jania cubensis Montagne ex Kützing, 1849
  • Jania cultrata (Harvey) J.H. Kim
  • Jania decussatodichotoma (Yendo) Yendo, 1905
  • Jania fastigiata Harvey, 1849
  • Jania intermedia (Kützing) P.C.Silva, 1996
  • Jania iyengarii E.Ganesan, 1966
  • Jania lobata Zanardini, 1858
  • Jania longiarthra E.Y.Dawson, 1953
  • Jania longifurca Zanardini, 1844
  • Jania micrarthrodia J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
  • Jania minuta Johansen & Womersley, 1994
  • Jania nipponica (Yendo) Yendo, 1905
  • Jania novae-zelandiae Harvey, 1855
  • Jania pacifica Areschoug, 1852
  • Jania parva Johansen & Womersley, 1994
  • Jania prolifera A.B. Joly, 1966
  • Jania pulchella (Harvey) Johansen & Womersley, 1994
  • Jania pumila J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
  • Jania pusilla (Sonder) Yendo, 1905
  • Jania pygmaea J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
  • Jania radiata Yendo, 1905
  • Jania rosea (Lamarck) Decaisne, 1842
  • Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
  • Jania rubrens (L.) Lamour
  • Jania sagittata (J.V.Lamouroux) Blainville, 1834
  • Jania santae-marthae Schnetter
  • Jania spectabile (Harvey ex Grunow)
  • Jania squamata (Linnaeus) J.H. Kim,
  • Jania subpinnata E.Y.Dawson, 1953
  • Jania subulata (Ellis & Solander) Sonder, 1848
  • Jania tenella (Kützing) Grunow, 1874
  • Jania ungulata (Yendo) Yendo, 1905
  • Jania verrucosa J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
  • Jania yenoshimensis (Yendo) Yendo, 1905

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guiry, M.D. (2010). "Jania; J.V. Lamouroux, 1812". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Segmented algae (Jania spp.) Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2011-12-31.