Catalog Id | S00956 |
Family | Cymodoceaceae |
Species | Halodule pinifolia |
Local Name | Needle seagrass |
Collector | Siti Nadhirah Abd Lamit |
Collector Number | NL-6 |
Colection Date | 26-Feb-2016 |
Country | Brunei |
District | Muara |
Location | Pulau Muara Besar |
Latitude | 5.00922 |
Longitude | 115.1 |
Altitude | 0 |
Vegetation Type | Marine |
Habitat | sandy or muddy sand substrate in the upper littoral to subtidal areas with maximum depth limit 7 metres. |
Plant Information | Leaf linear, narrow and flat, less than 100 mm long and less than 1 mm wide. Diagnostic feature is black central leaf vein which splits into two at the leaf tip. Stem is short, erect and covered by sheath. Each shoot bears 1-2 leaves. Shoots scars are often present. rhizome is pale colored, thin, and smooth. roots are thin. similar to Halodule uninervis but can be differentiated by looking at the leaf tip |