Zostera marina Linnaeus 1753 (marine eelgrass)
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Angiospermae - Najadales - Najadaceae
Alternative combination: Zostera (Zostera) marina
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Belongs to Zostera according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also den Hartog 1970 and den Hartog and Kuo 2006
Sister taxa: Zostera (Heterozostera), Zostera (Zostera), Zostera (Zosterella), Zostera asiatica, Zostera caespitosa, Zostera caulescens, Zostera japonica, Zostera kiewiensis, Zostera novazelandica
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Zostera marina in the database
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