Family: Fritillariidae
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Larvacea
Three genera and 30 species worldwide,
with all genera and 21 species native to southern African seas, the high
proportion of species being due to most of them having very broad pelagic
distributions.
Genera 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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Subfamily: Appendiculariinae |
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Appendicularia Two
species worldwide, with one, Appendicularia sicula, native
to southern African seas. |
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Subfamily: Fritillariinae |
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Fritillaria
A total of 26 species worldwide,
with 18 species native to southern African seas. |
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Tectillaria
Two species worldwide, which have very broad distributions that include southern African seas. |
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Publications
- 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 |
