Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Alismatales > Posidoniaceae > Posidonia > Posidonia australis

Posidonia australis (Species code: Pa)

Synonyms: Alga australis (homotypic); Caulinia australiana; Caulinia oceanica (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Posidonia australis is a species of seagrass that occurs in the southern waters of Australia. It is sometimes referred to as Fibreball Weed. The marine plant forms large meadows that are considered to be of high importance to the environmental conservation of the region. Balls of decomposing detritus from the foliage of the plant are found along nearby shore-lines.
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Attributes

Structure [1]  Herb

Predators

Monacanthus chinensis (fringed filefish)[2]
Platycephalus laevigatus (grassy flathead)[2]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0