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the web of life in southern Africa

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.

 

Molgula

A total of 144 species worldwide, six of which are native to southern African seas.

 

Pareugyrioides

A total of 11 species worldwide, with one species, Pareugyrioides macrentera, native to southern African seas.

 

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