Halophila spinulosa
©Anne Hoggett: Enlarge this image to see serrated leaflets of Halophila spinulosa Photo from NE coast of Lizard Island.
©Anne Hoggett: Halophila spinulosa and Halophila ovalis at about 22 m depth off the NE shore of Lizard Island
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus
Halophila
Species
Halophila spinulosa
Colours
Distinguishing features
The only seagrass currently recorded from Lizard Island with compound leaves, usually 10 to 20 pairs of leaflets per shoot.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Plantae:
species: Halophila tricostata
also has compound leaves and could well be found in the Lizard Island area. Halophila tricostata has 2-3 leaflets whorled around each node whereas Halophila spinulosa has a planar leaf with leaflets in opposite pairs.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Chartrand K.M., C.V. Bryant, A. Sozou, P.J. Ralph and M.A. Rasheed (2017). Final Report: Deep‐water seagrass dynamics: Light requirements, seasonal change and mechanisms of recruitment., Tropwater, Report, 17/16. LIRS catalog number 2192.
- Lanyon, J. (1986). Seagrasses of the Great Barrier Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Special Publication Series, 3, 54 pp..
- McKenzie, L.J., W.J. Lee Long and E.J. Bradshaw (1997). Distribution of seagrasses in the Lizard Island Group - a reconnaissance survey, October 1995, CRC Reef Research Centre, Technical Report, 14. LIRS catalog number 476.
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