Halophila stipulacea

Halophila stipulacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Halophila
Species: H. stipulacea
Binomial name
Halophila stipulacea
(Forssk.) Asch.

Halophila stipulacea is a seagrass native to the Indian Ocean that spread into the Mediterranean after the opening of the Suez Canal. This sea grass is widespread through the Gulf of Aqaba.[1] Recently it has arrived in the Caribbean where it is also spreading.

References

  1. Edwards, Alasdair J. (2013). Red Sea. Elsevier. p. 187. ISBN 9781483285993.


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