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Zostera capensis (Species code: Zp)

Synonyms: Nanozostera capensis (homotypic); Zostera capensis f. elatior

Wikipedia Abstract

Zostera capensis is a species of eelgrass growing along the shores of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Angola and the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
View Wikipedia Record: Zostera capensis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Zostera capensis

Predators

Diplodus sargus (White seabream)[1]
Pomadasys commersonnii (Smallspotted grunt)[2]
Rhabdosargus holubi (Cape stumpnose)[1]
Sarpa salpa (Strepie)[1]

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Citations

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♦ 1The Fish Community of the Swartvlei Estuary and the Influence of Food Availability on Resource Utilization, ALAN K. WHITFIELD, Estuaries Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 160-170 September 1988
♦ 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