Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753
(Eelgrass)

Interactions where Zostera marina 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').

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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
leaf (submerged) submerged leaf is grazed by subaquatic adult Macroplea mutica a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlesubaquaticadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera (Zostera) marina/Zostera (Zostera) marinaeelgrasssubmergedleaf (4-10)subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf
root root is foodplant of larva Questionable Macroplea mutica a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera (Zostera) marina/Zostera (Zostera) marinaeelgrass?root larva feeds on root

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZostera marina (Eelgrass)
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 marina (Eelgrass)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Zostera marina (Eelgrass):

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