File:Root system of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) (South Pigeon Creek estuary, San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (15858315068).jpg
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Thalassia testudinum König, 1805 - turtle grass. Seagrasses are fully marine angiosperms (flowering plants). Seagrass beds only occur in the shallow water photic zone. The lower part of this photo shows a cross-section through a root system of a Thalassia seagrass bed. The root system is dominated by subvertical, cylindrical rhizomes that can reach down to 80 cm below the sediment-water interface. Individual rhizomes can be up to 2 cm in diameter. Subhorizontal and other non-vertically oriented rhizomes are present, but less prominent. Classification: Plantae, Angiospermophyta, Najadales, Hydrocharitaceae Locality: South Pigeon Creek estuary, southeastern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas Some info. from: Glumac & Curran (2012) - Documentation of extensive root systems of Thalassia seagrass along the banks of Pigeon Creek, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. The 16th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 14-June 18, 2012, Abstracts with Program: 19-20. |
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| Author | James St. John |
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