Genus: Doliolum
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Thaliacea > Doliolida > Family: Doliolidae
Three species worldwide, two 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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Doliolum denticulatum
Semi-cosmopolitan, in temperate and tropical seas. Recorded from the
southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus & Dowler (1979). |
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Doliolum nationalis
Semi-cosmopolitan, in temperate and tropical seas. Recorded from the
southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus & Dowler (1979). |
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Publications
- Bone Q, Braconnot J-C, Carré C, Ryan KP. 1997. On the
filter-feeding of Doliolum (Tunicata: Thaliacea). Journal
of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 214(1-2): 179-193.
- 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 |
