Broadleaf seagrass

The seagrass Halophila stipulacea is native to Saudi Arabia and to the region stretching from the Red Sea to the western Indian Ocean.

A KAUST survey reported Halophila stipulacea among the common seagrasses along the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast, with 11 observations.

According to Kew's World Checklist, the seagrass Halophila stipulacea is native to Saudi Arabia, the Arabian Gulf states, Yemen, Egypt (including Sinai), Palestine, Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius (including Rodrigues), Seychelles and India, and is introduced in the Mediterranean (Greece, Crete, the East Aegean Islands, Italy, Sicily and Turkey) and in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, the Antilles and the Windward Islands).