WoRMS taxon details
Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907
495080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:495080)
accepted
Species
Nanozostera americana (Hartog) Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Nanozostera japonica (Ascherson & Graebner) Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Zostera americana Hartog, 1970 · unaccepted (synonym)
Zostera americana den Hartog, 1970 · alternative representation
Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907 · alternative representation
Zostera japonica subsp. austroasiatica Ohba & Miyata · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Subspecies Zostera japonica subsp. austroasiatica Ohba & Miyata accepted as Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
marine
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62589
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62589 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=495080 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Sullivan, B. K.; Short, F. T. (2023). Taxonomic revisions in Zosteraceae (Zostera, Nanozostera, Heterozostera and Phyllospadix). <em>Aquatic Botany.</em> 187: 103636., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103636 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (HKRMS)
Fong, C. W. (1998). Some aspects of the ecology of the seagrass Zostera japonica in Hong Kong. <em>MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia (Marine Region) Natural dispersal [details]Unreviewed
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62589 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コアマモ | [details] |
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Zostera americana Hartog, 1970)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Nanozostera americana (Hartog) Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Nanozostera japonica (Ascherson & Graebner) Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001)
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Zostera americana Hartog, 1970)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Zostera japonica subsp. austroasiatica Ohba & Miyata)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zostera japonica)
To GenBank (164 nucleotides; 260 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Zostera americana Hartog, 1970)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Nanozostera americana (Hartog) Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Nanozostera japonica (Ascherson & Graebner) Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001)To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Zostera americana Hartog, 1970)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Zostera japonica subsp. austroasiatica Ohba & Miyata)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zostera japonica)
To GenBank (164 nucleotides; 260 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
