thalassia
Thalassia hemprichii
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
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Thalassia
Where to Find
Found in 63 diving areas across 27 countries and 6 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 1144 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 16 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 17 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 3 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 11 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 11 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 796 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 9 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 98 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 9 records
- Baa Atoll, Maldives - 12 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 18 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 17 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 18 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 16 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 19 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 111 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 103 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 44 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 5 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 5 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 44 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 57 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 8 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 22 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 23 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 22 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 16 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 139 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 6 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 45 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 11 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 24 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 8 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 7 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 21 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 24 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 78 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 55 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 23 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 23 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 13 records