Thalassodendron ciliatum ( Forsskal ) Hartog, 1970

Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C, 2021, Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 65970-65970 : 65970

Thalassodendron ciliatum ( Forsskal) Hartog, 1970

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Thalassodendron ciliatum; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Tracheophyta; class: Magnoliopsida; order: Alismatales; family: Cymodoceaceae; genus: Thalassodendron; scientificNameAuthorship: ( Forsskål) Hartog, 1970; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 10 m; locationRemarks: First Descent: Seychelles Expedition; Identification: identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender, Lydiane Mattio, Jeanne Mortimer, Paris Stefanoudis; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

This seagrass species can form dense meadows and is identified by its linear and falcate leaves arising from a rooted rhizome. Its colour is a rich green. One species ( Thalassodendron ciliatum ) was identified from collections (Fig. 13 ).

Figures

Figure 13. Thalassodendron ciliatum. Poivre E 1, 10 m.