Genus: Lissoclinum
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Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Aplousobranchia > Family:
Didemnidae
A total of 62 species worldwide, four of which are native to southern African
seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001),
unless otherwise indicated. Global figures are from World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Lissoclinum bilobatum
Recorded from Madagascar and the east coast of South
Africa, as far south as Port Elizabeth. Found in the intertidal zone. |
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Lissoclinum bistratum Widely
distributed, from the tropical Pacific Ocean to the tropical Indian Ocean.
Within South Africa, it has been recorded from Sodwana Bay at a depth of 19
m. |
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Lissoclinum capense Collected off
the Cape of Good Hope at a depth of 318 m. |
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Lissoclinum cavum Recorded from
the Cape coast, South Africa. There is a doubtful record from Namibia, and
it has also been recorded from Madagascar. |
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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 |
