page_title: List of marine aquarium plant species
section_title: Seagrass
hierarchical_section_title: List of marine aquarium plant species / Seagrass
caption_attribution_description: Thalassia testudinum König, 1805 - turtle grass. Seagrasses are fully marine angiosperms (flowering plants). Seagrass beds only occur in the shallow water photic zone. Classification: Plantae, Angiospermophyta, Najadales, Hydrocharitaceae Locality: South Pigeon Creek estuary, southeastern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
context_page_description: Aquatic plants are used to give the aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry and for invertebrates. Some aquarium fish and invertebrates also eat live plants. Hobby aquarists use aquatic plants for aquascaping.
  Marine algae are also included in this list for convenience, despite the fact that many species are technically classified as protists, not plants.
context_section_description: Turtle grass, Thalassia hemprichii and Thalassia testudinum
  Manatee grass, Syringodium filiforme
caption: Turtlegrass
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