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Doliolum denticulatum

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

Distribution and habitat

Semi-cosmopolitan, in temperate and tropical seas. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus & Dowler (1979).

Publications

  • Godeaux JEA. 1998. On the anatomical structure of the trophozooid of Doliolum denticulatum. Marine Biology 131(1): 41-44. DOI: 10.1007/s002270050294
  • Katechakis A, Stibor H, Sommer U, Hansen T. 2004. Feeding selectivities and food niche separation of Acartia clausi, Penilia avirostris (Crustacea) and Doliolum denticulatum (Thaliacea) in Blanes Bay (Catalan Sea, NW Mediterranean). Journal of Plankton Research 26(6): 589-603. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbh062
  • 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.

Text by Hamish Robertson