oceanica meaning

Noun: Oceanica  `owshee'anuku

1. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
   - Oceania

Type of: archipelago

Part of: Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia: Oceanica

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1. Acetosyringone can also be found in " Posidonia oceanica " and a wide variety of other plants.
2. Oculina Coral Banks Project home page : http : / / oceanica . cofc . edu / Oculina2003 / home . htm
3. Young crabs live among seaweeds and seagrasses, such as " Posidonia oceanica ", until they reach adulthood.
4. In 2006 a huge clonal colony of " P . oceanica " was discovered south of the island of Ibiza.
5. It has a very particular habitat formed by Posidonia oceanica ( commonly known as Neptune Grass or Mediterranean Tapeweed ) and coral formations.