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OverviewAI-generated
Zostera marina, commonly known as eelgrass or eel grass, is a species of plant in the family Zosteraceae. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Tracheophyta. The species is classified within the order Alismatales. Taxonomic records list its class as either Liliopsida or Magnoliopsida. The authority for the name is Linnaeus, 1753, and the taxon status is accepted.
The organism inhabits marine environments. Records of Zostera marina are documented in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Institutions holding related records include IBUNAM, SDNHM, SD, CICIMAR-IPN, and SDSU. The species has an occurrence count of 85293, with 4770 specific records and 3847 media items associated with them.
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Species
eel grass
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyZosteraceae
Common Name: seagrass
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,770
- With media
- 3,847
- Family
- Zosteraceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, SDNHM, SD, CICIMAR-IPN, SDSU, QUE
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
Zostera marina is a flowering vascular plant species as one of many kinds of seagrass, with this species known primarily by the English name of eelgrass, with seawrack much less used, and refers to the plant after breaking loose from the submerged wetland soil, and drifting free with ocean current and waves to a coast seashore. It is a saline soft-sediment submerged plant native to marine environments on the coastlines of northern latitudes from subtropical to subpolar regions of North America and Eurasia.
Distribution
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