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Syllid polychaete

Myrianida pachycera

Classification

Family
Syllidae

Seagrasses are the only embryophytes (commonly referred to as "land plants") which grow in marine environments. There are about 60 species of fully marine seagrasses which belong to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the clade of monocotyledons). Seagrasses evolved from terrestrial plants which recolonised the ocean 70 to 100 million years ago.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 21Brazil · 2France · 1