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Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 
AphiaID: 145794

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Streptophyta (Infrakingdom) > Tracheophyta (Phylum) > Spermatophytina (Subdivision) > Magnoliidae (Subclass) > Lilianae (Superorder) > Alismatales (Order) > Posidoniaceae (Family) > Posidonia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Posidonia König, 1805
Synonymised
taxa		  Zostera oceanica Linnaeus, 1767 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Catalan alga de vidriers  [details]
Catalan altina  [details]
Catalan posidònia  [details]
Corsican arba marina  [details]
Dutch neptunusgras  [details]
English Neptune grass  [details]
French posidonie de Méditerranée  [details]
German Neptungras  [details]
Spanish alga de vidrieros  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3219 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
Images 
Posidonia oceanica
Posidonia oceanica
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Posidonia oceanica
Posidonia oceanica
added on 2009-04-28 - author: Balata, David ()
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Posidonia oceanica
Posidonia oceanica
added on 2012-02-20 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145794
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145794 on 2013-05-25
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