Research
Global Seagrass Bioregions
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