Manatee Grass

Habitat:

Restricted to the subtidal zones and thrives at 0.7- 0. 5 m deep Often occurs in mixed meadows with Thalassia testudinum May form monospecific meadows down to 18 m deep Distributed in the western tropical Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, eastern Florida, and Bermuda

Notes:

Sometimes seen growing sparsely among the Turtlegrass meadow in this area with areas of dense clumps of this species with almost no turtlegrass.