Species code: Tc
Thalassodendron ciliatum
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
- Thalassodendron
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 58 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 12 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 17 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 6 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 60 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 47 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 2 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 4 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 5 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 2 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 5 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 24 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 62 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 62 records