Zostera Linnaeus, 1753
(eelgrasses)

Interactions where Zostera is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Labyrinthula macrocystis Eel-grass Plague Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Chromista/Labyrinthula macrocystis/Labyrinthula macrocystiseel-grass plague Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera/Zosteraeelgrasseslive infects and damages live
stem (hollowed out) hollowed out stem is used to build or strengthen the nest by Cleantis prismatica a sea-slater Isopoda British Marine Isopods, Naylor, E., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Cleantis prismatica/Cleantis prismaticaa sea-slater Plant / nest /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera/Zosteraeelgrasseshollowed outstem builds nest using hollowed out stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Naylor, E., 1972British Marine IsopodsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London

Zostera (eelgrasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Zostera marina
Eelgrass
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusZostera (eelgrasses)
FamilyZOSTERACEAE (eelgrasses)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Zostera (eelgrasses)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Evans, T.G. Zostera Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Zostera (eelgrasses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holmes, N.T.H. 1986 Distribution of Zostera and Ruppia in the Fleet FSG Vol 2.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Zostera (eelgrasses):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 23 images of Zostera (eelgrasses)
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