Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forsskål) Hartog
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Subphylum Euphyllophytina
Infraphylum Spermatophytae
Superclass Angiospermae
Class Monocots
Subclass Alismatidae
Order Alismatales
Family Cymodoceaceae
Genus Thalassodendron
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Palau Islands, West Pacific, 1 m deep on coral heads. 02 Apr 2004. Hideo Ohba. © Palau International Coral Reef Center.
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Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forsskål) Hartog Palau Islands, West Pacific
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Publication details
Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forsskål) Hartog 1970: 186
Published in: Hartog, C. den (1970). The sea-grasses of the world. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Reeks 59(1): [1-]6-275, 63 figs, 31 plates.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Thalassodendron.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Zostera ciliata Forsskål
Type information
Type locality: Al Mukha, Yemen, southern Red Sea (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 71). Type: P. Forsskål; BM (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 71). Notes: (see den Hartog 1970: 183).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), ciliate (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Zostera ciliata Forsskål 1775
Thalassia ciliata (Forsskål) K.D.König 1805
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Key references
Alcoverro, T. & Mariani, S. (2005). Shoot growth and nitrogen responses to stimulated herbivory in Kenyan seagrasses. Botanica Marina 48: 1-7.
Fortes, M.D. (2014). A review: biodiversity, distribution and conservation of Philippine seagrasses. Philippine Journal of Science, Special Issue 142: 95-111.
Lipkin, Y. & Silva, P.C. (2002). Marine algae and seagrasses of the Dahlak Archipelago, southern Red Sea. Nova Hedwigia 75(1-2): 1-90, 7 figs.
Created: 03 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 09 November 2014 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Ducker, S.C., Pettit, J.M. & Knox, R.B. (1978). Biology of Australian Seagrasses: Pollen development and submarine pollination in Amphibolis antarctica and Thalassodendron ciliatum (Cymodoceaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 26: 265-285.
Johnstone, I.M. (1984). The ecology and leaf dynamics of the seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forsk.) den Hartog. Australian Journal of Botany 32: 233-238.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018.
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