Jania (alga)

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