Genus: Agnezia
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
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Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Phlebobranchia > Family: Agneziidae
A total of 13 species worldwide, two of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
Agnezia capensis Recorded
from False Bay (Western Cape, South Africa). |
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Agnezia glaciata Recorded from
Table Bay (Western Cape, South Africa) and Inhaca (Mozambique). A small
species that lives free on sandy bottoms. |
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Publications
- Monniot C, Monniot F and Griffiths CL. 2001. South African
ascidians. Annals of the South African Museum 108(1): 1-141.
Text by Hamish Robertson |