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Halodule

Halodule uninervis

Also called Species code: Hu, Narrowleaf Seagrass

Halodule
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0
Family
Cymodoceaceae (Cymodoce family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Bulb
Native range
Egypt to S. Africa and W. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Halodule uninervis is a species of seagrass in the family Cymodoceaceae. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Common names include narrowleaf seagrass in English and a'shab bahriya in Arabic.

Where it grows

This is a common plant of the sublittoral zone in its range, growing in depths up to 20 meters in lagoons, on reefs, and in many other types of marine habitat just offshore. It is known from Asian waters along the coasts of Japan, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other nations. It occurs on Pacific Islands such as Fiji. It occurs along the Australian Pacific coast, including the Great Barrier Reef. It can be found along Indian Ocean coastal regions from Australia to India to eastern Africa. It is resident in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.

Other Halodule plants

Species code: Hp · Shoalweed · Halodule

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Halodule uninervis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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