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Genus: Doliolina

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Tunicata > Thaliacea > Doliolida > Family: Doliolidae

Nine species worldwide, four 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.

Doliolina indicum

Indian Ocean.

 

Doliolina intermedia

Circum-global.

 

Doliolina muelleri 

Circum-global.

 

Doliolina sigmoides

Indian Ocean.

 

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.
  • Godeaux JEA. 1998. The genus Doliolina (Thaliacea: Doliolida). Journal of Plankton Research 20(9): 1757-1766.
  • 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