Turtle grass Thalassia testudinum

Classification

Hydrocharitaceae [family]
Thalassia [genus] (1)
testudinum [species]

Classification

Hydrocharitaceae [family]
Thalassia [genus] (1)
testudinum [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Distribution description Native to southern America and northern America.
    Notes on presence status Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Saba.

    Publications

    • Boldingh, I. 1913. Flora voor de Nederlandsch West-Indische eilanden. 450. J.H. de Bussy, Amsterdam - Derde Uitgave van het Van Eedenfonds.
    • Hoek, C. van den, Colijn, F., Cortel-Breeman, A.M., Wanders, J.B.W. 1972. Algal vegetation-types along the shores of inner bays and lagoons of Curaçao, and of the Lagoon Lac (Bonaire), Netherlands Antilles. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van wetenschappen, afd. Natuurkunde 61(2): 1-72.
    • Howard, R.A. 1979. Monocotyledoneae. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 3: 586. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
    • Kuenen, M.M.C.E. 1995. A quantitative study of the seagrass and algal meadows of the Spaanse Water, Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. Aquatic Botany 51: 291-310.
    • Loos, L.M. van der & Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. 2016. Macro algae of Statia. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 17-22. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
    • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
    • Proosdij, A.S.J. van 2012. Arnoldo's Zakflora: Wat in het wild groeit en bloeit op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao. 318 pp. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.
    • Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
    • WCSP 2017. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [link]