Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux 1816
Current name:
Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux
MediterraneanMirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it)
Publication Details
Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux 1816: 272, no fig.
Published in: Lamouroux, [J.V.F.] (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveaux Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3: 181-188.
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This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Jania.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Corallina rubens Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: ‘Insulae Stoechades’ [Îles d’ Hyères, France, Mediterranean],; (Linnaeus 1758: 806) Lectotype: collector unknown; UPS; herb. Burser; vol. XX: 72 (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 56) Notes: "In the protologue, Linnaeus (1758, p. 806) indicated ‘Habitat in Oceano Europæo’. Whether this includes the Mediterranean is uncertain because, for other species, Linnaeus (1758, pp. 131, 283, 815, 819, for example) cited ‘Habitat in M. Mediterraneo’. The type locality was erroneously listed as the ‘Atlantic coast of Norway’ by Millar and Kraft (1993, p. 14)." (Harvey, Woelkerling & Reviers 2020: 269).
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), reddish (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Slender, rose-pink, articulated, calcified fronds, to 50 mm high. Repeatedly dichotomously branched, luxuriant specimens secondarily pinnate. Segments cylindrical, to 120 µm diam., those bearing branches somewhat compressed, to 180 µm diam. Fixed by small conical disc, but spreading vegetatively by developing attachment discs from branches in contact with solid substratum.
Habitat
Epiphytic, found only growing epiphytically on the brown algae Cladostephus and Cystoseira lower intertidal, southern and western shores of Britain and Ireland, often abundant. It does not grow directly on rock in Britain or Ireland.
Similar Species
Corallina elongata, which is pinnately branched in contrast with the dichotomous branching of Jania rubens.
Created: 16 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
