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MSBIAS taxon details

Zostera L.

AphiaID

144233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144233)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753

Parent

Zosteraceae Dumort.

Original name

Zostera L.

Synonymised names

Nanozostera Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001 · unaccepted

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Species Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907
Species Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753
Species Zostera noltei Hornemann, 1832
Subgenus Zostera subg. Zostera
1. Species Zostera subg. Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753
Subgenus Zostera subg. Zosterella
1. Species Zostera subg. Zosterella noltei Hornemann represented as Zostera noltei Hornemann, 1832
Species Zostera angustifolia (Hornemann) Reichenbach, 1845 accepted as Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Zostera L.. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2024) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144233 on 2024-11-21

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2024). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Zostera L.. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144233 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Guiry, Michael D.

2010-08-13 07:02:00Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2021-08-20 07:12:22Z

changed

Christenhusz, Maarten

2023-12-14 20:39:37Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2024-07-05 05:40:38Z

changed

Christenhusz, Maarten

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary [details]

original description (of Nanozostera Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001) Tomlinson, P. B.; Posluzny, U. (2001). Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. TAXON. 50(2): 429-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1223890 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source De Clerck, Olivier. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]