Shoalgrass
Halodule wrightii
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
- Alismatales
- Family
- Cymodoceaceae
- Genus
- Halodule
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1980 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 43 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 43 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 10 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 8 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 13 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 74 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 74 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 78 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 54 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 88 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 88 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 7 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 5 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 5 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 48 records