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Thalassia testudinum Turtle grass

Thalassia testudinum is commonly referred to as Turtle grass. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber James St. John, USA

Von James St. John - Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) (South Pigeon Creek estuary, San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39952811


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lexID:
7446 
AphiaID:
374720 
Scientific:
Thalassia testudinum 
German:
Seegras 
English:
Turtle Grass 
Category:
Seaweeds 
Family tree:
Plantae (Kingdom) > Tracheophyta (Phylum) > Magnoliopsida (Class) > Alismatales (Order) > Hydrocharitaceae (Family) > Thalassia (Genus) > testudinum (Species) 
Initial determination:
K.D.Koenig, 1805 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Guadeloupe, Belize, Bermuda, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, Venezuela 
Size:
up to 23.62" (60 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2014-08-16 19:19:39 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Thalassia testudinum are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Thalassia testudinum, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Thalassia testudinum, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Info

Banks ex König, 1805

Thalassia testudinum is found in coral reefs, sand, mud, rocks, and rubble bottoms at depths between 0 to 10 meters.

The Seegras is food for turtles and manatee,
nursery for juvenile species and producer of
Oxygen.

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Tracheophyta (Phylum) > Alismatales (Order) > Hydrocharitaceae (Family) > Thalassia (Genus)

External links

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Von James St. John - Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) (South Pigeon Creek estuary, San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39952811
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Von James St. John - Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) (South Pigeon Creek estuary, San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 3, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39952812
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Von James St. John - Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) (South Pigeon Creek estuary, San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 3, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39952812
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