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  • In the ocean, flowering plants are represented by the [[seagrass | seagrasses]] (examples of which are eelgrass, '' [[Zostera]] '', and turtlegrass, '' Thalassia '').

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • This vegetation mainly consists of large areas of seagrass beds, particularly of turtle seagrass Thalassia testudinum and manatee seagrass Syringodium filiforme.

    Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize 2009

  • The dominant seagrasses are turtle grass Thalassia testudinum, manatee grass Syringodium filiforme and shoal grass Halodule wrightii.

    Everglades National Park, United States 2009

  • The second major surprise, she notes, was that "contrary to our beliefs, women were winning prizes on equal footing with men," noting especially one Thalassia, a female competitor from Ephesus in modern-day Turkey.

    The Augustan Games of Naples 2008

  • The seagrass Thalassia testudium is often found at low energy sites in association with mangroves.

    Bahamian mangroves 2008

  • At La Parquera in southwestern Puerto Rico, large seagrass beds consisting of turtle grass Thalassia testudinum can be found in the channels between coastal fringe mangroves.

    Greater Antilles mangroves 2008

  • Mangroves are associated also with various seaweeds, and extensive prairies of seagrass Thalassia testudinum can often be found adjacent to mangrove roots.

    Greater Antilles mangroves 2008

  • The four dominant species are Thalassia hemprichii, Halophilia ovalis, Halodule uninervis and H. pinifolia.

    Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, Philippines 2008

  • And now I give you in facsimile (Plate VI.) the two Aphrodites thus compared -- the Aphrodite Thalassia of the Tyrrhene seas, and the

    Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving John Ruskin 1859

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