Genus: Dolioletta
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Thaliacea > Doliolida > Family: Doliolidae
Five species worldwide, all of which have wide
pelagic distributions that include the southern African seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from
World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), Lazarus & Dowler (1979) and
other publications listed on the
relevant taxon pages.
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Dolioletta chuni Indian
Ocean. |
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Dolioletta gegenbauri
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Australian and New Zealand
waters. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus &
Dowler (1979). |
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Dolioletta mirabilis Indian Ocean.
Lazarus & Dowler (1979) record Doliolum mirabilis from the southwest coast
of South Africa. This is not a listed synonym in WoRMS of Dolioletta
mirabilis but presumably this is what it is now known as. |
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Dolioletta tritonis Recorded from
the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus & Dowler (1979). |
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Dolioletta valdiviae Indian Ocean. |
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Publications
- Deibel D., and Lowen B. 2011. A review of the life cycles
and life-history adaptations of pelagic tunicates to
environmental conditions. – ICES Journal of Marine Science,
doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsr159.
- 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 Zyl, R. P. 1960. A preliminary study of the salps and
doliolids off the west and south coasts of South Africa.
Investigational Rept. Div. Fisheries, Union of South Africa.
v.40, 31p.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
