Zostera capensis

Summary 2

Zostera capensis is a species of eelgrass growing along the shores of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Angola and the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Derivation of specific name 3

capensis: of the Cape (South Africa)

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ricky Taylor
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zostera_capensis
  3. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30292246

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Zone (1)_subtidal
Growth form (7)_submerged_plant
Habitat (1)_submerged