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. |
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Doliolina intermedia
Circum-global. |
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Doliolina muelleri
Circum-global. |
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Doliolina sigmoides 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.
- 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 |