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Cymodocea nodosa
Also called Little Neptune Grass
Cymodocea nodosa is a species of seagrass in the family Cymodoceaceae and is sometimes known as little Neptune grass. As a seagrass, it is restricted to growing underwater and is found in shallow parts of the Mediterranean Sea and certain adjoining areas of the Atlantic Ocean.
This seagrass is found in shallow parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the adjoining parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the coasts of Portugal, Mauritania and Senegal and round the Canary Islands and Madeira. It grows at depths of down to nineteen metres in sandy sediments in sheltered locations and needs clear waters for photosynthesis. Off the Catalan coast in the western Mediterranean, a single meadow of this grass covering at least 800 hectares (2,000 acres) has been discovered.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
