Genus: Brooksia
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Thaliacea > Salpida > Family: Salpidae
Two species worldwide, both of which have broad
distributions that are likely to include the southern
African seas. However, there are no confirmed records from this
region.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from
World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), unless otherwise indicated.
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Brooksia berneri
Occurs in "tropical and warm parts of all three oceans" (van Soest 1975). No
confirmed records yet for southern African seas. |
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Brooksia rostrata
van Soest (1975): "...widely distributed over the warmer parts of all
oceans". No confirmed records yet for the southern Africa seas. |
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Publications
- Lazarus, B. I. and D. Dowler. 1979. Pelagic tunicata off the
west and south-west coasts of South Africa, 1964-1965. Fish.
Bull. S. Afr. 12:93-119.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
