WoRMS taxon details
Zosteraceae Dumort.
- Genus Phyllospadix W.J.Hooker, 1838
- Genus Zostera L.
- Genus Heterozostera (Setchell) den Hartog, 1970 accepted as Zostera L. (synonym)
- Genus Nanozostera Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001 accepted as Zostera L.
marine, brackish
Not documented
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Zosteraceae Dumort.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143770 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Coyer, J. A.; Hoarau, G.; Kuo, J.; Tronholm, A.; Veldsink, J.; Olsen, J. L. (2013). Phylogeny and temporal divergence of the seagrass family Zosteraceae using one nuclear and three chloroplast loci. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 11(3): 271-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2013.821187 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Ordo needs confirmation [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zeegrasfamilie | [details] |
| Japanese | アマモ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ålegrasfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ålegrasfamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | bandtångsväxter | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zosteraceae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zosteraceae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
Unreviewed
