Genus: Cyclosalpa
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Ten species worldwide, nine of which have wide
pelagic distributions that include the southern
African seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from
van Soest (1974),
World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and references as cited.
Cyclosalpa affinis
Occurs in parts of all oceans. |
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Cyclosalpa bakeri
Widely distributed in all three oceans from at least 45°N to 40°S (van
Soest 1974). |
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Cyclosalpa floridana
Circum-(sub)tropical. Recorded off the east coast of southern Africa by van
Soest (1974). |
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Cyclosalpa foxtoni
Circum-(sub)tropical. Recorded off the east coast of southern Africa by van
Soest (1974). |
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Cyclosalpa ihlei
Indo-Pacific. Recorded off the east coast of southern Africa by van Soest
(1974). |
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Cyclosalpa pinnata
Atlantic, Mediterranean. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa
by Lazarus & Dowler (1979). |
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Cyclosalpa polae
Circum-(sub)tropical. Recorded from the Benguela Current region by Gibbons
(1999). Recorded off the east coast of southern Africa by van Soest (1974). |
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Cyclosalpa quadriluminis
Indo-Pacific, except for the northeastern part. Particularly numerous in the
western Indian Ocean (van Soest 1974) indicating that it probably does occur
off the east coast of southern Africa, although there are no specific
records. |
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Cyclosalpa sewelli
Indo-Pacific. Recorded off the east coast of southern Africa by van Soest
(1974). |
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Publications
- Gibbons MJ. 1999. An introduction to the zooplankton of the
Benguela Current region. National Book Publishers, Cape Town.
- 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.
- van Soest RWM. 1974. Taxonomy of the subfamily Cyclosalpinae
Yount, 1954 (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with descriptions of two new
species. Beaufortia 22(288): 17-55.
Text by Hamish Robertson |