Genus: Ihlea
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Thaliacea > Salpida > Family: Salpidae
Three species worldwide, two of which have wide
pelagic distributions that include southern
African seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from
World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), unless otherwise indicated.
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Ihlea magalhanica
Distribution includes the Antarctic Ocean, Southern Ocean and New Zealand
waters. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus &
Dowler (1979). Recorded from the Benguela Current region by Gibbons (1999). |
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Ihlea punctata
van Soest (1975): "Ihlea punctata is one of the less common salp species,
but it has a wide distribution in temperate and tropical waters of all three
oceans". van Soest (1975) provides confirmed records of this species off
both the west and east coasts of southern Africa. |
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Publications
- Gibbons MJ. 1999. An introduction to the zooplankton of the
Benguela Current region. National Book Publishers, Cape Town.
- 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 Soest RWM. 1975. Observations on taxonomy and
distribution of some Salps (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with
descriptions of three new species. Beaufortia 23(302): 105-129.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
