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Turtle grass

Thalassia testudinum

Photo by LivanEscudero
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24.6549, -81.2783

Field Notes

Habitat:

Grows in meadows in calm shallow waters throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico on muddy sand, and coarse sandy and clayey seabed.

Notes:

Edge of large seagrass meadow.

Reference Links:

Thalassia testudinum - Wikipedia

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