Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Alismatales > Family Zosteraceae > Genus Zostera

Zostera marina L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Zostera*	L.	accepted genus name
*Zostera marina*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Zostera noltii*	Hornem.	taxonomically included in
*Zostera subg. Zostera*		taxonomically included in
*Zostera subg. Zosterella*		taxonomically included in
*Nanozostera*	Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001	synonym

Species group names

*Zostera angustifolia*	(Hornem.) Rchb.	homotypic synonym
*Zostera marina var. angustifolia*	Hornem.	homotypic synonym
*Zostera hornemanniana*	Tutin	heterotypic synonym
*Zostera stenophylla*	Raf.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: alga de mar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: meriajokas sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Galician: ceba; cebado; golfe; seba; xeba; xebe; xebra; zoostera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Majorcan: alga del mar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: alga; alga das lagoas; alga-das-lagoas; botilham; feno do mar; feno-do-mar; fita-do-mar; limo de fita; limo-de-fita; limo-seval; sargaço marinho sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: alga; alga marina; arga; ceba; hierba de mar; hierba de vidrieros; sebas de mar; sedas de mar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: bandtång

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
original description	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Mizushima,T. ; Tomita, K. (1984). Mollusks on Leaves of Zostera marina in Notsuke Bay − II. Distribution and Seasonal Fluctuation in the Number of Individuals. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 43(4）： 339−−346.
nomenclatural reference	Sp. Pl.: 968. 1753

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Uotila, P. 2009+: Zosteraceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Zostera marina L. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d561007f-9c02-4405-a2e2-eb3ae903f983

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:495077

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:495077