Genus: Ecteinascidia
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Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Phlebobranchia > Family: Perophoridae
A total of 28 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Ecteinascidia bandaensis
Distribution includes Indonesia, Philippines, Madagascar and Mozambique. |
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Ecteinascidia modesta Recorded
from the Knysna estuary, Western Cape, South Africa. |
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Ecteinascidia thurstoni
Distribution includes Sri Lanka, Western Australia, the Arabian Gulf,
Djibouti, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. |
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Publications
- Monniot C, Monniot F and Griffiths CL. 2001. South African
ascidians. Annals of the South African Museum 108(1): 1-141.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
