Genus: Cystodytes
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Polycitoridae
A total of 21 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001).
Global figures are from World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Cystodytes dellechiajei
Nearly cosmopolitan, including the southern African
coastline. Found in the intertidal zone and to a depth of about 20 m. |
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Cystodytes morifer Recorded from
Durban. |
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Cystodytes roseolus Recorded from
Dakar (Senegal, West Africa), round South Africa and up to the Seychelles. |
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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 |
