Halodule pinifolia
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Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Malaya (Singapore present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Makassar present, New Caledonia present, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present); Tonga (Tonga present), Ryukyu Islands present, in the western Pacific and its marginal seas present, the eastern Indian Ocean present
Halodule pinifolia is widely distributed in the eastern Indian Ocean (India, Sri Lanka) and in the western Pacific and its marginal seas, from Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands through Malesia to Queensland, Fiji, the Tonga Islands and New Caledonia. In Malesia it is probably common. It has been recorded from Singapore, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes (Makassar), the Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, and New Guinea.
Citation
Hartog 1970: Sea-grasses of the World: 158: f. 44
Tomascik, Mah, Nontji & Moosa 1997: p. 854. – In: Ecology of the Indonesian seas: f. 18.11 (map), 18.25
Meñez, Phillips & Calumpong 1983: p. 13. – In: Smithson. Contr. Mar. Sci.: f. 7, 8 (map)
Miki 1934: p. 787. – In: Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 132, 135
Brouns 1986: p. 71. – In: Science in New Guinea: f. 4