Family: Holozoidae
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia
Nine genera and 102 species worldwide,
with four genera and eight species native to southern African seas.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information mainly from Monniot et al. (2001).
Global figures are from World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Distaplia A total of
54 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Hypodistoma Four species
worldwide, one of which, Hypodistoma vastum, is native to
southern African seas. |
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Sigillina A total of
13 species worldwide, three of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Sycozoa A total of 16 species
worldwide, with one, Sycozoa arborescens, native to southern
African seas. |
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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 |
