gray mangrove
Avicennia marina
Category: Seagrass & Algae
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Avicennia
Where to Find
Found in 8 diving areas across 3 countries and 2 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 700 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 254 records
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 268 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 757 records
- Victoria, Australia - 18 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 62 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 33 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 61 records