Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Corallinophycidae > Order Corallinales > Suborder Corallinineae > Family Corallinaceae > Subfamily Corallinoideae > Tribe Janieae

Jania J.V.Lamouroux, 1812

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Haliptilon*	(Decaisne) Lindley, 1846	synonym

Children

Haliptilon attenuata (Kützing) Garbary & Johansen, 1982
Jania adhaerens J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
Jania capillacea Harvey, 1853
Jania crassa J.V.Lamouroux, 1821
Jania cubensis Montagne ex Kützing, 1849
Jania longiarthra E.Y.Dawson, 1953
Jania longifurca Zanardini, 1844
Jania micrarthrodia J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
Jania pumila J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
Jania squamata (Linnaeus) J.H.Kim, Guiry & H.-G.Choi, 2007
Jania subulata (Ellis & Solander) Sonder, 1848
Jania verrucosa J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
Jania virgata (Zanardini) Montagne, 1846

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: モサズキ属

Literature

original description	Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Jania J.V.Lamouroux, 1812. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144012