Family: Doliolidae (doliolids)
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Thaliacea > Doliolida
Six genera and 21 species worldwide,
with four genera and 12 species that that have broad
distributions that include southern African seas. There are no
endemic species in the region.
Genera 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
Five species worldwide, all of which have wide pelagic distributions that
include the southern African seas. |
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Doliolina
Nine species worldwide, four of which have wide pelagic distributions that
include the southern African seas. |
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Dolioloides One species,
Dolioloides rarum, with a distribution that includes southern African
seas. |
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Doliolum
Three species worldwide, two of which have wide pelagic distributions that
include the southern African seas. |
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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 |
