WoRMS taxon details
Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker, 1858
AphiaID: 208930
AphiaID: 208930
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Streptophyta (Infrakingdom) > Tracheophyta (Phylum) > Spermatophytina (Subdivision) > Magnoliidae (Subclass) > Lilianae (Superorder) > Alismatales (Order) > Hydrocharitaceae (Family) > Halophila (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Halophila Du Petit-Thouars, 1806 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caulinia ovalis R.Brown, 1810 (synonym) Halophila madagascarensis Doty & B.C.Stone, 1967 (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Aleem, A.A. (1984). Distribution and Ecology of Seagrass communities in the Western Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research 31: 919-933 (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Halophila ovalis australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) den Hartog, 1970 accepted as Halophila australis Doty & B.C.Stone, 1966 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Comores [details] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] Watamu [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (116 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208930 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker, 1858. 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=208930 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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