Mediterranean tapeweed
Posidonia oceanica
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
- Posidoniaceae
- Genus
- Posidonia
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 10 countries and 1 regions.
- Ksamil, Albania - 5 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 7 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 3 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 7 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 11 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 2078 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 2202 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 9 records
- Halkidiki, Greece - 13 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 3 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 21 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 12 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 815 records
- Ustica, Italy - 19 records
- Comino, Malta - 19 records
- Gozo, Malta - 23 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 16 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 1 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 67 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 10 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 1471 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 27 records
- Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 2 records