Global Seagrass Bioregions

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Seagrass Sepcies By Bioregion

1. Temperate North Atlantic Species

  • Zostera marina
  • Ruppia maritima
  • Halodule wrightii (Southern USA only)
  • Cymodocea nodosa (Europe only)
  • Zostera noltii (Europe only)

2. Tropical Atlantic Species

  • Thalassia testudinum
  • Syrigodium filiforme
  • Halodule wrightii
  • Ruppia maritima
  • Halophila baillonii
  • Halophila engelmanni
  • Halophila decipiens
  • Halophila johnsonii (Florida)
  • Halophila stipulacea (Caribbean)
  • Halodule bermudensis (Bermuda)

3. Mediterranean Species

  • Posidonia oceanica
  • Cymodocea nodosa
  • Zostera marina
  • Zostera noltii
  • Halophila stipulacea
  • Halophila decipiens
  • Ruppia maritima
  • Ruppia cirrhosa
  • Halodule wrightii

4. Temperate North Pacific Species

  • Zostera marina
  • Ruppia maritima
  • Zostera japonica
  • Zostera asiatica
  • Phyllospadix serrulatus (USA)
  • Phyllospadix scouleri (USA)
  • Phyllospadix torreyi (USA)
  • Phyllospadix iwatensis (Asia)
  • Phyllospadix japonicus (Asia)
  • Zostera caespitosa (Asia)
  • Zostera caulescens (Asia)
  • Halodule wrightii (Mexico)
  • Halophila decipiens (Mexico)
  • Halophila ovalis (Japan)
  • Halophila euphlebia (Japan)
  • Halophila nipponica (Japan & South Korea)

5. Tropical Indo-Pacific Species

  • Thalassia hemprichii
  • Syringodium isoetifolium
  • Thalassodendron ciliatum
  • Cymodocea serrulata
  • Cymodocea rotundata
  • Cymodocea angustata
  • Enhalus acoroides
  • Halodule uninervis
  • Halodule pinifolia
  • Halodule wrightii
  • Halophila beccarii
  • Halophila capricorni
  • Halophila decipiens
  • Halophila euphlebia
  • Halophila hawaiiana
  • Halophila minor
  • Halophila ovalis
  • Halophila ovata
  • Halophila spinulosa
  • Halophila stipulacea
  • Halophila tricostata
  • Ruppia maritima
  • Zostera capensis
  • Zostera muelleri (Z. capricorni)
  • Zostera japonica

6. Temperate Southern Oceans Species

  • Amphibolis antarctica
  • Amphibolis griffithii
  • Halophila australis
  • Halophila decipiens
  • Halophila ovalis
  • Lepilaena marina
  • Lepilaena cylindrocarpa
  • Posidonia angustifolia
  • Posidonia australis
  • Posidonia sinuosa
  • Posidonia ostenfeldii complex
  • P. coriacea, P. denhartogii
  • P. kirkmanii, P. robertsoniae
  • Ruppia maritima
  • Ruppia megacarpa
  • Ruppia tuberosa
  • Syringodium isoetifolium
  • Thalassodendron pachyrhizum
  • Thalassodendron ciliatum
  • Zostera capensis (Africa)
  • Zostera chilensis (Chile)
  • Zostera muelleri (Z. capricorni)
  • Zostera nigrcaulis
  • Zostera polychlamys
  • Zostera tasmanica