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Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Subphylum Euphyllophytina
Infraphylum Spermatophytae
Superclass Angiospermae
Class Monocots
Order Alismatales
Family Hydrocharitaceae
Genus Halophila

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Palau Islands, West Pacific. Hideo Ohba. © Palau International Coral Reef Center. From: Ohba, H., Victor, S., Golbuu, Y. & Yukihira, H. (2007) Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. pp. 153. PICRC & JICA.

Palau Islands, West Pacific. Steven Victor. © Palau International Coral Reef Center. From: Ohba, H., Victor, S., Golbuu, Y. & Yukihira, H. (2007) Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. pp. 153. PICRC & JICA.

Palau Islands, West Pacific, 1 m deep. 07 Dec 2004. Hideo Ohba. © Palau International Coral Reef Center. From: Ohba, H., Victor, S., Golbuu, Y. & Yukihira, H. (2007) Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. pp. 153. PICRC & JICA.

Lord Howe Island, Australia. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

with Zostera capricorneta with Aplysia , Lord Howe Island, Australia. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Lord Howe Island, Australia. 21 Nov 2010. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba University. Hideki Haga. © Hideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp).

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Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker Palau Islands, West Pacific

Publication details
Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker 1858: 45

Original publication: Hooker, J.D. (1858). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843. III. Flora Tasmaniae. Vol. 2. (Monocotyledones). . London: Lovell Reeve.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halophila is Halophila madagascarensis Doty & B.C.Stone.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Caulinia ovalis R.Brown

Type information
Type locality: Queensland, Australia (Robertson 1984: 64). Type: R. Brown 5816; BM (Robertson 1984: 64). Notes: (see Dandy 1971).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Caulinia ovalis R.Brown 1810

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Halophila madagascarensis Doty & B.C.Stone 1967

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker)
Arabic: A'shab bahriya (F.A.O. 1997).

English: Oval leaf seagrass (F.A.O. 1997).

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker)
Africa: Egypt (Novak & Short 2010), Eritrea (Lipkin & Silva 2002), Madagascar (Novak & Short 2010), Mozambique (Novak & Short 2010).

South-west Asia: India (Athiperumalsami et al. 2008, Athiperumalsami et al. 2010).

Asia: China (Novak & Short 2010), Japan (Phillips & Meñez 1988, Uchimura et al 2006, Tanaka & Nakaoka 2006, Uchimura et al. 2008).

South-east Asia: Myanmar (Burma) (Novak & Short 2010), Philippines (Novak & Short 2010), Thailand (Holmer et al. 2006, Tanaka & Nakaoka 2006, Novak & Short 2010, Tsutsui et al. 2012), Vietnam (Novak & Short 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Phillips & Meñez 1988), New South Wales (Robertson 1984, Huisman 2000), Northern Territory (Robertson 1984, Huisman 2000), Queensland (Robertson 1984, Huisman 2000, Novak & Short 2010), Victoria (Huisman 2000), Western Australia (Robertson 1984, Huisman & Walker 1990, Huisman 2000, Huisman et al. 2009).

Pacific Islands: French Polynesia (Payri, N'Yeurt & Orempuller 2000), Republic of Palau (Ohba et al 2007, Novak & Short 2010), Samoa (Phillips & Meñez 1988), Tonga (Phillips & Meñez 1988).

Key references
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.

Holmer, M., Pedersen, O. & Ikejima, K. (2006). Sulfur cycling and sulfide intrusion in mixed Southeast Asian tropical meadows. Botanica Marina 49: 91-102.

Robertson, E.L. (1984). Seagrasses. In: The marine benthic flora of Southern Australia. Part 1. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 57-122. Adelaide: D.J. Woolman, Government Printer, South Australia.

Uchimura, M., Faye, E.J., Shimada, S., Arai, S., Inoue, T. & Nakamura, Y. (2006). A re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of Halophila euphlebia Makino (Hydrocharitaceae) based on morphological features and ITS sequence data. Botanica Marina 49: 111-121.

Uchimura, M., Faye, E.J., Shimada, S., Inoue, T. & Nakamura, Y. (2008). A reassessment of Halophila species (Hydrocharitaceae) diversity with special reference to Japanese representatives. Botanica Marina 51(4): 258-268.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Halophila&species=ovalis

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Halophila&Species=ovalis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 03 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 June 2010 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1826 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Kuo, J. & Kirkman, H. (1992). Fruits, seeds and germination in the seagrass Halophila ovalis (Hydrocharitaceae). Botanica Marina 35: 197-204, 19 figs, 1 table.
Ralph, P.J. (1999). Light-induced photoinhibitory stress responses of laboratory-cultured Halophila ovalis. Botanica Marina 42: 11-22, 4 figs, 1 table.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62553

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