OCCURRENCE OF HALOPHILA-DECIPIENS OSTENFELD (HYDROCHARITACEAE) IN OKINAWA ISLAND, JAPAN

Authors
KUO J KANAMOTO Z TOMA T NISHIHIRA M
Citation
J. Kuo et al., OCCURRENCE OF HALOPHILA-DECIPIENS OSTENFELD (HYDROCHARITACEAE) IN OKINAWA ISLAND, JAPAN, Aquatic botany, 51(3-4), 1995, pp. 329-334
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Aquatic botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043770
Volume
51
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
329 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3770(1995)51:3-4<329:OOHO(I>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Specimens of Halophila decipiens Ostenfeld were collected at Sesoko Is land and Nakagusuku Bay at Okinawa Island, the Ryukyu Islands, souther n Japan. H. decipiens grows sparsely on coral sand at depths of 15-18 m. This is the first record of the occurrence of H. decipiens in Japan ese waters and is the most northerly locality of this species in the P acific Ocean. The morphological and anatomical characters as well as t he ecological preference of the Okinawan H. decipiens are discussed an d illustrated.