Genus: Cnemidocarpa
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Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia > Family:
Styelidae
A total of 84 species
worldwide, with three species native to southern African seas, and another
species that is naturalised in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Cnemidocarpa campylogona
Indian Ocean, including Mozambique. |
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Cnemidocarpa psammophora
Recorded from Algoa Bay (Eastern Cape, South Africa) at a depth of 25-39 m. |
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Cnemidocarpa radicata
Recorded from Mozambique, including Inhaca Island, at a depth of 2 m. |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
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Cnemidocarpa humilis (Leathery sea squirt)
Distribution includes southern Australia, New Zealand and southern South
America. In South Africa, it has been recorded from Hout Bay harbour and
Simonstown (Cape Peninsula), on ropes and is probably introduced (Picker and
Griffiths 2011). |
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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 |
