Family: Molgulidae
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
(animals) >
Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Tunicata >
Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia
Thirteen genera and 226 species worldwide,
with three 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).
Eugyra Total of 28 species
worldwide, with one species, Eugyra myodes, native to southern
African seas. |
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Molgula A total of 144 species worldwide,
six of which are native to southern African
seas. |
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Pareugyrioides A total of 11
species worldwide, with one species, Pareugyrioides macrentera, 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 |