Above is a photo of the seagrass I work with daily. It's also known as Turtle Grass and can be found locally ( Laguna Madre). The picture above is how the seagrass bed looks like in its natural habitat but I have several tanks filled with these species behind the science building. We've been conducting a number of experiments on this seagrass and have produced some nice results but the questions keep coming! Anyways, just wanted to my specimen its 'fifteen minutes of fame' and give whoever reads this a little background information of my work.
Kingdom: PLANTAE
Division: ANTHOPHYTA
Class: MONOCOTYLEDONEAE
Order: HELOBIAE
Family: HYDROCHARITACEAE
Genus: Thalassia
Species: testudinum
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
>Leaves are flat and linear (strap-like)
>Leaf blades are 10-12 mm long and 4. 5-10 mm wide
>Rhizomes are scaly
HABITAT
>Commonly occurs in subtidal waters from low tide to 10 m deep
>In clear water the species is found in water up to 30 m deep
>Prefers mud and/or mud substrates in relatively sheltered locations
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