Genus: Botrylloides
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia > Family:
Styelidae
A total of 15 species
worldwide, with two species native to southern African seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Botrylloides giganteum
Recorded from Senegal, Brazil, South Africa (Durban Harbour, Knysna) and
Mozambique. A possible introduction to South Africa. |
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Botrylloides nigrum
Widely distributed, including South Africa. |
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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 |
