Nanozostera capricorni (Ascherson) Tomlinson & Posluszny 2001

Publication Details
Nanozostera capricorni (Ascherson) Tomlinson & Posluszny 2001: 432

Published in: Tomlinson, P.B. & Posluzny, U. (2001). Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. Taxon 50: 429-437.

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Publication date: "May 2001"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nanozostera is Nanozostera noltei (Hornemann) Tomlinson & Posluszny.

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

Basionym
Zostera capricorni Ascherson

Type Information
Type locality: Moreton Bay, Queensland.; (Robertson 1984: 122) Lectotype: Naumann; 10 October 1875; UC; (Robertson 1984: 122)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 March 2023 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 December 2023

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Nomenclatural note
"Our four-locus analysis revealed that N. muelleri, N. capricorni and N. novazealandica individuals (all from eastern Australia/NewZealand)were dispersed among three subclades, two of which were highly resolved. The inability of molecular and morphological data to converge upon a stable classification for the N. capricorni complex in Australia/New Zealand can be explained by several mechanisms, such as different ecotypes of a single species, nascent speciation and incomplete lineage sorting, or ongoing gene flow through hybridization/introgression. Certainly, the possibility of hybridization/introgression among Australian entities in the N. capricorni complex must be considered (should be identified as theN. muelleri complex; see Den Hartog & Kuo, 2006), and is likely to occur given documented hybridization between closely related species of Zostera in California (Coyer et al., 2008)." (Coyer & al. 2013: 280). - (31 March 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025

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