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Genus: Agnezia

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > 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).

 

Agnezia glaciata

Recorded from Table Bay (Western Cape, South Africa) and Inhaca (Mozambique). A small species that lives free on sandy bottoms.

 

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