Genus: Polycarpa
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Ascidiacea (sea squirts) > Stolidobranchia > Family:
Styelidae
A total of 138 species
worldwide, with seven species native to southern African seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Monniot et al. (2001)
and World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
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Polycarpa arenosa
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Polycarpa inhacae
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Polycarpa insulsa
Distribution extends from the western tropical Atlantic Ocean to
KwaZulu-Natal, and further east to New Caledonia. At Isipingo on the
KwaZulu-Natal coastline, it was found in rock pools. |
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Polycarpa mytiligera
Distribution includes coastal areas of the Red Sea, Tanzania, Mozambique and
South Africa (Sodwana Bay, northern KwaZulu-Natal). Found at depths of 15-35
m. |
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Polycarpa natalensis
Recorded from Isipingo (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), and from Inhaca
(Mozambique). |
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Polycarpa nigricans
Recorded from Mozambique and Tanzania. |
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Polycarpa rubida
Recorded from Mozambique to northern KwaZulu-Natal (Sodwana Bay), at depths
of 15-21 m. |
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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 |
