| Family |
Zosteraceae |
| Scientific name |
Zostera marina L. |
| Synonyms |
Zostera marina L. var. latifolia Morong; Zostera marina L. var. stenophylla
Ascherson & Graebner; Zostera pacifica L. |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ama-mo (アマモ, 甘藻 [meaning: sweet seaglass]) |
| (English common name) bell-ware, sea-eel-glass, sea-wrack |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Turkey, Europe, Aleria, Morocco,
Canada, USA, Mexico |
| Habitat |
Sea (1-10m depth) |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=12 |
| Description |
Leaves 60-100cm long, 3-5mm wide. Flowers flowering in March to April.
Evergreen. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Zostera marina L. |
| Zostera marina Linnaeus |
| Zostera marina L. |
| Long-Term Changes of Eelgrass, Zostera marina, by Using of Artificial Seeding behind Offshore Breakwater |
| Zostera seaweed articles and methods of preparing and utilizing same (US Patent 4016084/1977) |
| Phenolic acid sulfate esters for prevention of marine biofouling (US Patent 5607741/1977) |
| Method for the treatment of water-living animals with health modifying agents (US Patent 4112946/1978) |
| Method and apparatus for hydroacoustic detection and characterization of submersed aquatic vegetation (US Patent 5805525/1998) |
| Synthesis and purification of zosteric acid (US Patent 5990336/1999) |
| Underwater seagrass seeding apparatus (US Patent 6718890/2004) |
| Transgenic plants incorporating traits of Zostera marina (US Patent 6841718/2005) |
