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Halophila
Sign in to saveHalophila is a genus of seagrasses in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the tape-grasses. It was described as a genus in 1806. The number of its contained species, and its own placement in the order Alismatales, has evolved.
Species
ウミヒルモ
Genus
- PhylumBryozoa
- ClassGymnolaemata
- OrderCheilostomatida
- FamilyBugulidae
General: to section Halophila, with very short erect lateral shoots bearing
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 233
- With media
- 67
- Family
- Bugulidae
- Collections
- NCSM, US, USF
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines, Malaysia, Egypt, China, Belize, Singapore, Seychelles
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Johnsons seagrass.jpg
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- Halophila
- Commons category
- Halophila
- topic's main category
- Category:Halophila
- taxon common name
- 喜盐草属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Halophila is a genus of seagrasses in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the tape-grasses. It was described as a genus in 1806. The number of its contained species, and its own placement in the order Alismatales, has evolved.
== Description == These oceanic herbs grow underwater and have creeping stoloniferous stems and leafy nodes. Unlike other seagrasses, the leaves of some species of Halophila do not have basal sheaths (i.e. the bases of the leaves do not wrap around the stem to form a sheath).
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