Halophila ovalis   (R. Brown) Hooker fil.

Spoon seagrass

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Magnoliopsida | Alismatales | Hydrocharitaceae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 2 - 79 m (Ref. 103539).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on more sheltered muddy substrates. Rare intertidally but extends down to 28 m. Grazed by fish, dugongs and turtles (Ref. 801).

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Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

UNEP. 2004. (Ref. 84510)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 October 2007

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 29, mean 27.9 (based on 1120 cells).